| 词汇 | repeal |
| 释义 | repeal verb[ T ] uk /rɪˈpiːl/ us /rɪˈpiːl/ If a government repeals a law, it causes that law no longer to have any legal force.废除，废止，撤销（法律） Synonyms annulspecialized lift overturn rescindformal reverse revokeformal Compare countermandformal UK politics: legislation & law-making abolish abrogate abrogation amendment assemblyman constitutionally enact First Minister's Questions FMQs gold plate Green Paper guillotine parliamentarian penal reform PMQs pocket veto presiding officer promulgate sanction writ repeal noun[ S or U ] uk /rɪˈpiːl/ us /rɪˈpiːl/ the act of removing the legal force of a law: We're campaigning for a/the repeal of the abortion laws. Twenty nine senators said they opposed repeal of the death penalty. Synonyms annulment reversal revocationformal More than three dozen business leaders this week plan to support repeal of the tax. He has come under massive public criticism since introducing the proposed repeal. Many wanted outright repeal of the law with no replacement. UK politics: legislation & law-making abolish abrogate abrogation amendment assemblyman constitutionally enact First Minister's Questions FMQs gold plate Green Paper guillotine parliamentarian penal reform PMQs pocket veto presiding officer promulgate sanction writ repeal | American Dictionaryrepeal verb[ T ] us/rɪˈpil/ (of a government) to make a law no longer a law: Legislators repealed the sales tax. repealnoun[ U ]us/rɪˈpil/ Senators called for the law’s repeal. repeal | Business Englishrepeal verb[ T ] LAWuk /rɪˈpiːl/us to state officially that a law, rule, etc. no longer has legal force: Previous efforts to repeal the law have failed. The state estimates about $41 million will be lost each year if the food tax is repealed. repeal noun[ S or U ] LAWuk /rɪˈpiːl/us the act of stating officially that a law, rule, etc. no longer has legal force: a repeal of sthThe governor lobbied for repeal of the death penalty. They want to make sure their cashflow will be unaffected before they decide to back a repeal. Examples of repealrepeal None of these ' emergency measures ' were subsequently repealed after 1918. However, because older statutes were rarely repealed, the books were rife with obsolete statutes. A ban was issued forthwith, but for unclear reasons it soon had to be repealed. Consider those counter-to-fact situations in which the rules in question are repealed or have never been enacted. In practice these taxes had yielded little or no revenue and were repealed in 1920. The fellowship was restored to him years later after the religious tests were repealed. The first two were passed in the wake of financial crises and repealed within a few years because of complaints by creditors about high expenses and low dividends. Finally, given that rules are frequently repealed or modified, what is the relevant time period in which to assess the effects of rules for purposes of determining constitutionality? Many authoritarian restrictions were repealed. Finally, he examines the impact on the party system of the direct election of the prime minister, a reform initiated in 1996 and repealed in 2001. Whether it should simply be repealed and nothing put in its place is another matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We concluded that we could achieve our purpose more simply by repealing section 13(3). From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I further understand that many large firms have indicated that they wish to see schedule 11 repealed in its entirety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second question is whether smuggling would increase if the quarantine regulations were repealed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 2 also gives effect to the schedule containing consequential repeals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of repeal 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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