cancel

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cancel
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he / she / it cancels
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past simple cancelled
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past participle cancelled
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(US English) past simple canceled
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(US English) past participle canceled
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-ing form cancelling
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(US English) -ing form canceling
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive] cancel something to decide that something that has been arranged will not now take place取消;撤销;终止
    • All flights have been cancelled because of bad weather.因天气恶劣,所有航班均已取消。🔊🔊
    • The prime minister has abruptly cancelled a trip to Washington总理突然取消了前往华盛顿的行程
    • to cancel a meeting/a show/an event取消会议/演出/活动
    • The Foreign Office is not advising people to cancel their travel plans.外交部不建议人们取消旅行计划。
    • The wedding was cancelled at the last minute.婚礼在最后一刻被取消。
    • The president fell ill and was forced to cancel all public engagements.总统生病,被迫取消了所有约定的公众活动。
    • When the war broke out all leave was cancelled.战争爆发后,所有的假期都取消了。
    • She abruptly cancelled a scheduled meeting. 她突然取消了预定的会议。
    compare postpone
  2. [transitive, intransitive] to say that you no longer want to continue with an agreement, especially one that has been legally arranged撤销,取消,废除(具有法律效力的协议)
    • No charge will be made if you cancel within 10 days.如果在 10 天以内取消,不收费用。🔊🔊
    • cancel something to cancel a contract/policy/subscription取消合同/政策/订阅
    • Is it too late to cancel my order?我现在取消订单是不是太晚了?🔊🔊
    • The US has agreed to cancel debts (= say that they no longer need to be paid) totalling $10 million.美国已同意免除总额为 1 000 万美元的债务。🔊🔊
    Topics Discussion and agreementb2
  3. [transitive] cancel something to mark a ticket or stamp so that it cannot be used again盖销,注销(票或邮票)
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘obliterate or delete writing by drawing or stamping lines across it’): from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellare, from cancelli ‘crossbars’.