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词汇 quashed
释义 quashed
past simple and past participle ofquash
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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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
unapproved
unauthorized
unkosher
unsanctioned
verboten

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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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing something to end
abandon
abandonment
all good things (must) come to an endidiom
and have done with itidiom
be over the humpidiom
brake
cure
give over
halt
hang
jack something in
kill something stone-deadidiom
lay
lid
snap
snuff something out
stamp on something
stamp something out
stanch
staunch

Examples of quashed


quashed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Why then were those other thirty also quashed?
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.
A bright, folky dance - it's wonderfully catchy - is quashed by another unison statement, the tension maintained as the tempo repeatedly pushes forward and pulls back.
Acts of judicial connivance quashed societal opposition to the regime and prominence was given to the military judicial system within areas commonly beyond its jurisdiction.
Alternative lifestyle choices, as they relate to work, wealth and welfare, are therefore either quashed or mainstreamed as an acceptable way to incorporate them into the dominant culture.
But the injunction was then quashed by a higher court, and the brothers were allowed to return.
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He appealed against this conviction and it was quashed.
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I said there was no conviction standing against the woman, because five and a half years ago it was quashed.
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He was also convicted of another offence, but that conviction was quashed.
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In 1916, 105 convictions were affirmed and fifty convictions were quashed.
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He has every right to feel proud that the convictions have been quashed today.
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It was accepted at once by the prosecution, and the conviction was quashed.
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Thirdly, if the designation were to be deemed unlawful, my decisions and the orders could be quashed.
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In 1917, 141 convictions were affirmed and seventy-five convictions were quashed.
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The rest were refused or only partially quashed.
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