repeal

noun
🔊/rɪˈpiːl/
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[uncountable]
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  1. the act of repealing a law (= making it no longer a law)废除,撤销,废止(法规)
    • the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846废除1846年的玉米法
    Topics Politicsc2

repeal

verb
🔊/rɪˈpiːl/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they repeal
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he / she / it repeals
🔊/rɪˈpiːlz/
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past simple repealed
🔊/rɪˈpiːld/
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past participle repealed
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-ing form repealing
🔊/rɪˈpiːlɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈpiːlɪŋ/
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  1. repeal something if a government or other group or person with authority repeals a law, that law no longer has any legal force废除,撤销,废止(法规)
    • The committee does not have the power to repeal the ban.委员会无权取消禁令。
    Topics Politicsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRepeal is used with these nouns as the object:
    • act
    • amendment
    • law
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French repeler, from Old French re- (expressing reversal) + apeler ‘to call, appeal’.