词汇精选：repeal的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

废除，作废；撤销

例句：

Many voted for the repeal of that property law.

许多人投票赞成废止那项财产法。

例句：

He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.

他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

v.

撤销，废除；否定，放弃 [T]

例句：

The government has just repealed the law segregating public facilities.

政府刚刚废止了不同种族分开使用公共设施的法令。

例句：

The opposition labour party has vowed to repeal it.

反对党工党表示要力争撤销该法案。

二、词义辨析：

abolish,cancel,repeal

这些动词均含“取消、废除”之意abolish正式用词，指彻底废除某种制度、规章或习俗。cancel用法广泛，多指取消债务、合同、证书、比赛、旅行、计划或约会等。repeal书面用词，指撤销立法机关通过的协议、法案或法律等。

三、参考例句：

The Congress decided to repeal the law.

议会决定废除那项法令。

The bill sought to repeal the existing legislation.

该议案企图废除现存的有关立法。

Many voted for the repeal of that property law.

许多人投票赞成废止那项财产法。

The opposition labour party has vowed to repeal it.

反对党工党表示要力争撤销该法案。

Many voted for the repeal of that law.

很多人投票赞成废除该法令。

He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.

他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

But let's not have another forty-something votes to repeal a law that's already helping millions of Americans like Amanda.

但让我们不要再为废除这项已经帮助了数百万美国民众的法案举行更多次投票了。

In the Journal of the American Medical Association, Glenn Cohen, a bioethics law professor at the Harvard Law School, wrote that the United States should repeal the rules about blood.

哈佛法学院生命伦理法教授格伦•科恩在美国医学会杂志发表说，美国应该废止关于献血的规定。