英语释义

1. to rescind or annul by authoritative act especially to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment

2. abandon, renounce

3. to summon to return recall

4. to officially make (a law) no longer valid

5. to do away with especially by legislative action
The law was repealed.

6. to rescind or annul by authoritative act especially to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment
legislatures repealing statutes in light of a recent Supreme Court decision

英汉例句

• New York has repealed most mandatory minimum terms for drug offences.

  纽约废除了大部分针对毒贩的强制性最短服刑期。

• What would happen if the government repealed these cosy monopolies and freed entry into services?

  如果政府废除了这些具有复杂关系的垄断巨头，并解禁服务业会怎么样呢？

• Such was the idea that underpinned America「s Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which split investment Banks from their main street counterparts, until it was repealed during the Clinton administration.

  1933年的美国《格拉斯-斯蒂格尔法案》就是一例，该法案把投资银行从主营业务中分离出来，直到克林顿执政时期废除这个法案为止。

• But if the laws were repealed tomorrow, most of the nations of the world would make no move to take advantage of the respite, and any that did would be in danger of finding their credit vanishing.

  但如果明天法律被废止，大部分国家可能不会利用这一暂缓期采取任何行动。如果有国家贸然行事，可能会将自己置身于丧失信贷的危机中。

• The bill, which would have also created an extra seat for Utah, had passed the Senate but with an amendment that would have repealed the city」s strict gun-control laws. See article.

  这项议案，同时为犹他州创造了一个额外的席位，并且在参议院通过了废除城市枪支限制法律的修正案。

• The body of Andrew Wilfahrt – the first openly gay US soldier to die in combat since Don「t Ask, Don」t Tell was repealed – is returned to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, in February.

  安德鲁·威尔法特的遗体在今年二月被运回了美国特拉华州的多佛空军基地，他是自「不问，不言」政策被废除后在战斗中身亡的第一个公开同性恋身份的美国士兵。

• Their son Andrew Wilfahrt, a member of the unit, was the first openly gay US soldier to die in combat since Barack Obama repealed the military「s Don」t Ask, Don't Tell policy in December last year.

  他们的儿子安德鲁·威尔法特在这支部队中服役，是自巴拉克·奥巴马在去年十二月废除军队的「不问，不言」政策后第一个在战斗中身亡的公开同性恋身份的美国士兵。

• In 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.

  1766年，英国议会撤消了印花税法案。

• Signed into law in 1974, the so-called 「Double Nickel」 was widely reviled and widely ignored before it was finally repealed in 1993.

  这个所谓的「双五」规定于1974年生效，但受到了人们的广泛抨击和无视，最终在1993年被废止。

• The Peruvian Congress repealed the laws that allowed oil company drilling, by a margin of 82 votes to 12. Garcia was forced to apologize for his 「serious errors and exaggerations」.

  秘鲁国会以82票对12票的绝对优势废除了允许石油公司鉆井的法律。加西亚被迫为自己的「严重错误和肆意夸张」道歉。

• Roughly half of those polled by KFF thought Obamacare had already been repealed or were unsure of its legal footing.

  大约有一半接受KFF调查的人认为奥巴马医改方案已经被废除或认为其法律立足点是不确定的。

• Franklin Roosevelt repealed prohibition in 1933 amid the throes of a depression.

  1933年，富兰克林·罗斯福就曾在经济萧条的阵痛中废除了禁酒令。

• The tax was eventually repealed in 1851, on public health grounds.

  窗户税最终在1851年废除，理由是影响了居民的室内通风和身体健康。

• He said these executive orders could be repealed or amended easily by the new administration because no Congressional action is required.

  他说，新政府废除或修改这些行政命令并不难，因为这并不需要国会采取行动。

相似词

abandon放任，狂热

abort流产；堕胎；夭折；发育不全

call(Call)人名；(瑞典、罗)卡尔；(英)考尔

cancel取消；相互抵消

drop滴；落下；空投；微量；滴剂

recall召回；回忆；撤消

rescind解除；废除；撤回

revoke有牌不跟

scrap吵架

scrub矮小的；临时凑合的；次等的

相反词

continue继续说…；使…继续；使…延长

keep保持；继续不断