一、詳細釋義：

n.

廢除，作廢；撤銷

例句：

Many voted for the repeal of that property law.

許多人投票贊成廢止那項財產(chǎn)法。

例句：

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

他提出強有力的理由，贊成廢除該法令。

v.

撤銷，廢除；否定，放棄 [T]

例句：

The government has just repealed the law segregating public facilities.

政府剛剛廢止了不同種族分開使用公共設(shè)施的法令。

例句：

The opposition labour party has vowed to repeal it.

反對黨工黨表示要力爭撤銷該法案。

二、詞義辨析：

abolish,cancel,repeal

這些動詞均含“取消、廢除”之意 abolish正式用詞，指徹底廢除某種制度、規(guī)章或習俗。 cancel用法廣泛，多指取消債務(wù)、合同、證書、比賽、旅行、計劃或約會等。 repeal書面用詞，指撤銷立法機關(guān)通過的協(xié)議、法案或法律等。

三、參考例句：

The Congress decided to repeal the law.

議會決定廢除那項法令。

The bill sought to repeal the existing legislation.

該議案企圖廢除現(xiàn)存的有關(guān)立法。

Many voted for the repeal of that property law.

許多人投票贊成廢止那項財產(chǎn)法。

The opposition labour party has vowed to repeal it.

反對黨工黨表示要力爭撤銷該法案。

Many voted for the repeal of that law.

很多人投票贊成廢除該法令。

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

他提出強有力的理由，贊成廢除該法令。

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

但讓我們不要再為廢除這項已經(jīng)幫助了數(shù)百萬美國民眾的法案舉行更多次投票了。

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.

哈佛法學院生命倫理法教授格倫?科恩在美國醫(yī)學會雜志發(fā)表說，美國應(yīng)該廢止關(guān)于獻血的規(guī)定。