abolish

英 [ə'bɒlɪʃ] 美[ə'bɑlɪʃ]
  • vt. 废除,废止;取消,革除

词态变化


第三人称单数: abolishes;过去式: abolished;过去分词: abolished;现在分词: abolishing;

助记提示


1. ab- + ol- "al-, nourish" + -ish.
2. => away from grow/nourish, off from grow/nourish. => retard the growth of, destroy, cause to die out.
3. 啊暴力须废除。

中文词源


abolish 废除

前缀ab-, 离开,非。词根ol,生长,滋养,同old, adult.

英文词源


abolish (v.)
mid-15c., from Middle French aboliss-, present participle stem of abolir "to abolish" (15c.), from Latin abolere "destroy, cause to die out, retard the growth of," perhaps from ab- "from" (see ab-) + adolere "to grow," from PIE *ol-eye-, causative of root *al- (3) "to grow, nourish" (see old), and perhaps formed as an antonym to adolere. But the Latin word rather could be from a root in common with Greek ollymi, apollymi "destroy." Tucker writes that there has been a confusion of forms in Latin, based on similar roots, one meaning "to grow," the other "to destroy." Application to persons and concrete objects has long been obsolete. Related: Abolished; abolishing.

双语例句


1. The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder.
议会于翌年表决对谋杀罪废除死刑。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The Government of Jamaica consider it imprudent to abolish the death penalty.
牙买加政府认为废除死刑是轻率之举。

来自柯林斯例句

3. plans to abolish the monarchy
废除君主政体的计划

来自《权威词典》

4. Do abolish this kind of bad evil.
一定要废除这种恶劣习俗.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The government consider it imprudent to abolish the death penalty.
政府认为废除死刑是轻率之举。

来自辞典例句