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单词 abolish
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Definition of abolish in English:

abolish

verb əˈbɒlɪʃəˈbɑlɪʃ
[with object]
  • Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)

    废除

    the tax was abolished in 1977

    这项税收于1977年被废除。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was experts who abolished grammar schools for their presumed comprehensive paradise.
    • At the beginning of this year the global quota system for textiles was abolished.
    • The best argument for keeping the BBC is to imagine what we would gain by abolishing the corporation or forcing it to accept adverts.
    • The society added that abolishing the current system of debt recovery would discourage firms from advancing credit or lending money.
    • When we've finished doing this we will then abolish the entire department.
    • This put the wind back in the sails of Wilberforce who succeeded in pushing through a bill abolishing the slave trade.
    • He suggested that abolishing the current system would discourage firms from advancing credit.
    • On 21 September the monarchy was abolished in France and a republic was declared.
    • That gives a total of one hundred and six countries that have abolished the death penalty in practice.
    • In fact, the chair of philosophy at Moscow University was abolished in the late 1820s.
    • If the council can afford to do this, why not simply abolish the charges and remove the new yellow lines?
    • Road tax will be abolished and the loss of revenue will be compensated for with an additional surcharge on fuel.
    • Chancellor has said he will abolish hospital accommodation charges for pensioners.
    • Indeed, one of the major arguments against abolishing the monarchy is the desire to preserve tradition.
    • They proposed a referendum on abolishing the monarchy, and setting up a republic.
    • The movements to abolish the trade and emancipate the slaves gathered momentum.
    • The only people who can actually abolish hunting are its practitioners.
    • We in the Liberal Democrats say council tax is fundamentally unfair and should be abolished.
    • The grand coalition also agreed to abolish numerous tax benefits for ordinary earners.
    • Koreans are now divided over the sensitive issue of abolishing the system.
    Synonyms
    put an end to, do away with, get rid of, scrap, end, stop, terminate, eradicate, eliminate, exterminate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, obliterate, wipe out, extinguish, quash, expunge, extirpate
    annul, cancel, invalidate, nullify, void, dissolve, erase, delete
    rescind, repeal, revoke, overturn
    discontinue, remove, withdraw, retract, countermand, excise, drop, jettison, vitiate, abrogate
    informal axe, ditch, junk, scrub, dump, chop, give something the chop, knock something on the head
    rare deracinate

Derivatives

  • abolishable

  • adjective
    • The functions of the abolishable Federal Border Guard Service of the Russian Federation shall be assigned to the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I have been ‘banged up’ in three British prisons, and I would like to give people an insight into the true nature of prison - how irrational and arbitrary a place it is, and how eminently abolishable it is.
  • abolisher

  • noun
    • But Ms Witheford, wary of having the ARM branded as abolishers of holidays, promised that when Australia became a republic the ARM would recommend a Republic Day holiday to be held on the anniversary of that frabjous day.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I suppose they did not think that, having been published before the deluge, it could have safely survived that world-wide calamity, the abolisher of all things.
      • The Bad Guys were the European Union, the sexual liberals, the would-be abolishers of the pound and the Bureaucrats.
  • abolishment

  • noun əˈbɒlɪʃməntəˈbɑlɪʃmənt
    • And I would like the abolishment of the offside rule.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It follows the abolishment of the Working Families' Tax Credit, Disabled Person's Tax Credit and Children's Tax Credit, which is being replaced by two new tax systems.
      • They demanded the abolishment of Ministry of Education Decree No.501 / 1993, which obliges female students not to cover their ears with their headscarves when taking photographs for their school IDs.
      • Largely in this tradition, Marx believed that differences in economic wealth are the ultimate cause of human misfortune, and therefore needed abolishment, along with class society.
      • Originally staged in January 1904, the play is set after the abolishment of serfdom, but well before the Bolshevik Revolution.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French aboliss-, lengthened stem of abolir, from Latin abolere 'destroy'.

Rhymes

demolish, spit-and-polish

Definition of abolish in US English:

abolish

verbəˈbäliSHəˈbɑlɪʃ
[with object]
  • Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)

    废除

    the tax was abolished in 1977

    这项税收于1977年被废除。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The best argument for keeping the BBC is to imagine what we would gain by abolishing the corporation or forcing it to accept adverts.
    • Chancellor has said he will abolish hospital accommodation charges for pensioners.
    • We in the Liberal Democrats say council tax is fundamentally unfair and should be abolished.
    • The only people who can actually abolish hunting are its practitioners.
    • It was experts who abolished grammar schools for their presumed comprehensive paradise.
    • They proposed a referendum on abolishing the monarchy, and setting up a republic.
    • In fact, the chair of philosophy at Moscow University was abolished in the late 1820s.
    • If the council can afford to do this, why not simply abolish the charges and remove the new yellow lines?
    • Road tax will be abolished and the loss of revenue will be compensated for with an additional surcharge on fuel.
    • Indeed, one of the major arguments against abolishing the monarchy is the desire to preserve tradition.
    • The movements to abolish the trade and emancipate the slaves gathered momentum.
    • This put the wind back in the sails of Wilberforce who succeeded in pushing through a bill abolishing the slave trade.
    • That gives a total of one hundred and six countries that have abolished the death penalty in practice.
    • At the beginning of this year the global quota system for textiles was abolished.
    • The society added that abolishing the current system of debt recovery would discourage firms from advancing credit or lending money.
    • He suggested that abolishing the current system would discourage firms from advancing credit.
    • The grand coalition also agreed to abolish numerous tax benefits for ordinary earners.
    • On 21 September the monarchy was abolished in France and a republic was declared.
    • Koreans are now divided over the sensitive issue of abolishing the system.
    • When we've finished doing this we will then abolish the entire department.
    Synonyms
    put an end to, do away with, get rid of, scrap, end, stop, terminate, eradicate, eliminate, exterminate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, obliterate, wipe out, extinguish, quash, expunge, extirpate

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French aboliss-, lengthened stem of abolir, from Latin abolere ‘destroy’.

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