repeal

英 [r?'pi?l] 美[r?'pil]

TEM4CET6CET6+GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?repeals;過(guò)去式:?repealed;過(guò)去分詞:?repealed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?repealing;

1、re- "back" + appeal.
2、含義：call back.

repeal 廢除，廢止

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) rapeler,叫回，撤消，來(lái)自 re-,向后，往回，apeler,呼叫，詞源同 appeal.引申詞義廢除，廢止。

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 Related: Repealed; repealing.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.

1. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.: 明年將是禁酒令廢除60周年。

2. He plans to repeal a number of current policies.: 他計(jì)劃廢除一些當(dāng)前的政策。

3. Many voted for the repeal of that property law.: 許多人投票贊成廢止那項(xiàng)財(cái)產(chǎn)法.

4. Despite continued efforts to repeal this act, federal courts have upheld its major provisions.: 盡管有人不斷努力以圖撤消這項(xiàng)法律, 聯(lián)邦法院始終堅(jiān)持執(zhí)行這項(xiàng)法律中的主要條款.

5. Abortion repeal is not a question of political expediency. it is part of something greater.: 廢除禁止人工流產(chǎn)法不是一個(gè)政治權(quán)宜之計(jì)的問(wèn)題. 它是一個(gè)更大問(wèn)題的一部分.