abolish
动词 v.
英 /əˈbɒlɪʃ/
美 /əˈbɑl.ɪʃ/|/əˈbɑl.əʃ/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
— Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
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To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
— And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
词源
From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).
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