Quash



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.取消, 拒绝接受
• ［英］ v.取消, 拒绝接受 ( to nullify by judicial action)
• ［类］ 反义词: engender ( 造成)
• ［例］ The high court judge quashed the decision of the lower court.

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English quashen to smash, from Anglo-French quasser, casser, from Latin quassare to shake violently, shatter, frequentative of quatere to shake
• Date: 13th century
• to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely <quash a rebellion>

II. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English quassen, from Anglo-French casser, quasser to annul, from Late Latin cassare, from Latin cassus void
• Date: 14th century
• to nullify especially by judicial action <quash an indictment>

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