【abolish】 - A-level备考词汇

abolish

UK:  [ə'bɒlɪʃ]

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

v.

1.取消,废除,废止

2.消灭

3.撤销

1 . It's scandalous that in 13 years of power New Labour did not abolish the charitable status of public schools.
新工党在位的13年里没有取消公立学校的慈善状况简直就是丑闻。

2 . Even now it is not too late for a minister with a bit of bottle to abolish this sports subsidy racket.
即便现在，如果一个稍有勇气的部长可以站出来结束这场体育补贴的闹剧也不算晚。

3 . It is not enough to abolish slavery or to say it is wrong.
这是不够的，废除奴隶制，或说，这是错误的。

4 . If the rest of the human race could learn to fail like this, it would soon abolish war and colonise distant galaxies.
如果人类当中别的群体都能学会像这样“失败”，那么人类将很快唾弃战争，而是去征服遥远的星系了。

5 . Let us abolish the past, and all that comes with it! And let us make art as if no human being had ever made it before.
让我们扬弃过去，以及过去的一切！让我们从事艺术创作，好像人类从未创作过那样。