a·bol·ish
verb/əˈbɒlɪʃ/
/əˈbɑːlɪʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they abolish | /əˈbɒlɪʃ/ /əˈbɑːlɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it abolishes | /əˈbɒlɪʃɪz/ /əˈbɑːlɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple abolished | /əˈbɒlɪʃt/ /əˈbɑːlɪʃt/ |
| past participle abolished | /əˈbɒlɪʃt/ /əˈbɑːlɪʃt/ |
| -ing form abolishing | /əˈbɒlɪʃɪŋ/ /əˈbɑːlɪʃɪŋ/ |
- abolish something to officially end a law, a system or an institution
废除，废止（法律、制度、习俗等） - This tax should be abolished.
这种税应该取消。
Extra Examples- She campaigned to abolish the death penalty altogether.
她发起了彻底废除死刑的运动。 - They called on the government to abolish tuition fees entirely.
他们呼吁政府完全取消学费。 - His government has abolished import quotas and slashed tariffs.
他的政府取消了进口配额并削减了关税。 - Over the past six years we have abolished a whole range of direct taxes.
过去六年我们已经取消一系列的直接税。 - Slavery was abolished in the US in 1865.
美国于1865年废除了奴隶制。 - They outlined the arguments for abolishing the monarchy.
他们概述了废除君主制的论点。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- seek to
- decide to
- vote to
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French aboliss-, lengthened stem of abolir, from Latin abolere ‘destroy’. - This tax should be abolished.