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repeal怎么读？

repeal

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近义词rescind overrule cancel revoke annul take recall invalidate back abolish withdraw

vt. 废除；撤销；废止；放弃；否定
n. 废除；撤销

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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第三人称单数: repeals;过去式: repealed;过去分词: repealed;现在分词: repealing;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 Related: Repealed; repealing.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。

2. He plans to repeal a number of current policies.: 他计划废除一些当前的政策。

3. Many voted for the repeal of that property law.: 许多人投票赞成废止那项财产法.

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.

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.