| 词汇 | repealing |
| 释义 | repealing present participle ofrepeal 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 White Paper writ Examples of repealingrepealing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Tens of thousands of electors might be added to or subtracted from a constituency, simply by imposing or repealing the small tenements act. This prevents us from repealing the potentially conflicting rules, thus creating a continuous source of indeterminacy. There was concern over a proposed constitutional amendment repealing the one-term limit for governors. One year later, however, voters approved an initiative repealing the new law. A tendency to leave the letter 't' uncrossed caused confusion: 'repeating' becomes 'repealing'! 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 should have thought that they would be inclined to keep the provision rather than repealing it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not varying the details of something that has already been authorised; this is repealing, modifying or adapting an enactment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a case of, in effect, a repealing method. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, if she can tell us that the various measures are already contained in the repealing statute, let us make that clear in this subsection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that by repealing "sus" we are likely greatly to benefit race relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason for repealing this provision is quite simply that it is no longer needed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to assessing the risk to society as a result of introducing new regulations and repealing existing regulations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we achieved our target of repealing or amending over 500 regulations by the end of last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What he meant was that there would be minimal advantages in repealing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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