repeal
英[rɪ'piːl]
美[rɪ'pil]
- vt. 废除；撤销；废止；放弃；否定
- n. 废除；撤销
词态变化
第三人称单数: repeals;过去式: repealed;过去分词: repealed;现在分词: repealing;
助记提示
1、re- "back" + appeal.
2、含义：call back.
中文词源
repeal 废除，废止
来自古法语 rapeler,叫回，撤消，来自 re-,向后，往回，apeler,呼叫，词源同 appeal.引申词义 废除，废止。
英文词源
- repeal
- repeal: see appeal
- repeal (v.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French repeler, Old French rapeler "call back, call in, call after, revoke" (Modern French rappeler), from re- "back" (see re-) + apeler "to call" (see appeal (v.)). Related: Repealed; repealing.
- repeal (n.)
- late 15c., from repeal (v.), or from Anglo-French repel, Old French rapel (Modern French rappel) "a recall appeal," back-formation from rapeler.
双语例句
- 1. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
- 明年将是禁酒令废除60周年。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He plans to repeal a number of current policies.
- 他计划废除一些当前的政策。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Many voted for the repeal of that property law.
- 许多人投票赞成废止那项财产法.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Despite continued efforts to repeal this act, federal courts have upheld its major provisions.
- 尽管有人不断努力以图撤消这项法律, 联邦法院始终坚持执行这项法律中的主要条款.
来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- 5. Abortion repeal is not a question of political expediency. it is part of something greater.
- 废除禁止人工流产法不是一个政治权宜之计的问题. 它是一个更大问题的一部分.
来自演讲部分