Repeal
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 废除 ( 法律)
- ［英］ v. 废除 ( 法律) ( to rescind or annul by authoritative act)
- ［记］ re ( 反) +peal ( =call 叫) -> 反过来叫 -> 废除
- ［同］ 同根词: appeal ( 呼吁) ;appealing（引人入胜的）
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb
- Etymology: Middle English repelen, from Anglo-French repeler, literally, to call back, from re- + apeler to appeal, call
- Date: 14th century
- 1. to rescind or annul by authoritative act; especially to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment
- 2. abandon, renounce
- 3. obsolete to summon to return ; recall
- ? repeal noun
- ? repealable adjective
