repeal

英 [rɪˈpiːl]

美 [rɪˈpiːl]

v.  废除，撤销，废止(法规)
n.  撤销; 废除，作废

过去分词：repealed　现在分词：repealing　过去式：repealed　第三人称单数：repeals　复数：repeals　

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牛津词典

verb

• 废除，撤销，废止（法规）
  if a government or other group or person with authority repeals a law, that law is no longer valid

柯林斯词典

• VERB 废止;废除;撤销
  If the governmentrepealsa law, it officially ends it, so that it is no longer valid.
  1. The government has just repealed the law segregating public facilities.
     政府刚刚废止了不同种族分开使用公共设施的法令。
  2. Repealis also a noun.
     
  3. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
     明年将是禁酒令废除60周年。

英英释义

noun

• the act of abrogating
  Synonym:abrogationannulment

verb

• cancel officially
  1. He revoked the ban on smoking
  2. lift an embargo
  3. vacate a death sentence
  Synonym:revokeannulliftcountermandreverseoverturnrescindvacate

双语例句

• Last week, after countless Republican attempts to repeal Obamacare, and dozens of lawsuits, the Supreme Court rejected the latest challenge to the law.
  在共和党无数次试图废除奥巴马医改（Obamacare）以及发生许多诉讼之后，上周最高法院驳回了对该法律的最新挑战。
• The policy was repealed some months later, although the repeal has not yet been implemented.
  “不要问，不要说”政策虽于数月之后被废除，但废除令至今仍未得到真正落实。
• Repeal supporters said the issue was about an unconstitutional law, not abortion or parental rights. He may abstain or even vote to make abortion illegal.
  废除令的支持者说，此事针对的是违反宪法的法律，而非堕胎权或父母知情权。他可能弃权，甚至投票支持堕胎违法。
• In some states, the centralization of districts into towns went through waves of passage and repeal.
  而在有些州，将区并入城镇的努力也经历了通过与废除相互交织的多舛命运。
• Many voted for the repeal of that property law.
  许多人投票赞成废除那项财产法。
• He vowed to repeal the "job-killer" law if elected.
  他承诺如果当选，一定会废除这项“扼杀就业”的法案。
• How to modify and repeal?
  如何修改和废除？
• She was allowed to bring one Private Member's Motion a year, so she would try single-handedly to repeal the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, or propose a minimum wage for blacks.
  她被允许每年搞一个起诉下院议员活动，因此她将尝试单独地废除禁止异族通婚法案，或提议一项黑人最低工资制。
• To enact, amend or repeal laws in accordance with the provisions of this Law and legal procedures;
  （一）根据本法规定并依照法定程序制定、修改和废除法律；
• The government has just repealed the law segregating public facilities.
  政府刚刚废止了不同种族分开使用公共设施的法令。