| 词汇 | quash |
| 释义 | quash verb[ T ] uk /kwɒʃ/ us /kwɑːʃ/ quashverb[T] (REFUSE)to say officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted: 撤销，废止，宣布…无效 His conviction was quashed in March 1986 after his counsel argued that the police evidence was all lies.他的辩护人举证说明了警方的证据是一派谎言，于是对他的判决于1986年3月被撤销了。 Forbidding and banning things abolish abolition abolitionist anti-censorship ban debar someone from something/doing something decertification decertify deny something to someone disallow non-valid off-limits out of boundsidiom outlaw prohibit unauthorized unkosher unsanctioned verboten veto You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: UK politics: legislation & law-making quashverb[T] (STOP)to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen: 镇压，平息 The revolt was swiftly quashed by government troops.叛乱很快就被政府军镇压下去了。 The company moved quickly to quash rumours/speculation that it is losing money.公司迅速采取行动，平息其亏损的谣言。 Causing something to end abandon abandonment all good things (must) come to an endidiom and have done with itidiom be over the humpidiom cure give over halt hang jack something in kill something stone-deadidiom lay lid lift snap stamp on something stamp something out stanch staunch stem quash | American Dictionaryquash verb[ T ] us/kwɑʃ/ to stop or block something from happening: The Secretary of Defense tried to quash speculation that he was planning to resign following the disastrous military defeat. quash | Business Englishquash verb[ T ] uk /kwɒʃ/us LAW to state officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted: quash a conviction/decision/orderHis conviction was quashed in March after a lengthy legal battle. to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen: The company moved quickly to quash rumours of trading losses. The engineering group yesterday quashed speculation that it was a takeover target. Examples of quashquash Moreover, by constant repetition of the brilliance of her work it has become sacrosanct, to the extent that any criticism of it is invariably quashed. He appealed against this conviction and it was quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said there was no conviction standing against the woman, because five and a half years ago it was quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was also convicted of another offence, but that conviction was quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1916, 105 convictions were affirmed and fifty convictions were quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has every right to feel proud that the convictions have been quashed today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, if the designation were to be deemed unlawful, my decisions and the orders could be quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1917, 141 convictions were affirmed and seventy-five convictions were quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rest were refused or only partially quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this way the claim of the opponents of nationalisation that the small man is squeezed out is quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason for that is that there is a difference between the withholding of confirmation and the process of quashing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His decision was subsequently quashed by a court. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although there have been two attempts since then to include the site in the green belt, both were quashed by the courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sentence of imprisonment then awarded was subsequently remitted, but the conviction was-not quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is an example in recent history of a rate which was illegally made, and, on appeal to the justices, that rate was quashed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of quash These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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