【abolition】 - A-level备考词汇

abolition

UK:  [.æbə'lɪʃ(ə)n]

US:  [.æbə'lɪʃ(ə)n]

n.

1.废除,废弃;取消; 废除死刑;〔美国〕废除黑奴制度

2.废止

3.撤销

1 . He gave no timetable for its abolition but said he would ask Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs to assess how much money it actually raises.
他并没有给出废止该税率的时间表，但他说将要求英国税务及海关来评估废止的作用，以及将会给国家财政带来的利益。

2 . Tens of thousands of students and schoolchildren marched in Santiago, Chile's capital, to call for the abolition of private schools.
智利首府圣地亚哥数十万学生、学童示威游行，要求废除私立学校。

3 . The abolition of the concept of time and space, through the form of a very soft, I arrived at such a theory.
取消时间和空间概念，通过一种非常柔顺的形式，我就到达了这样一个理论。

4 . "What I think the positive benefit [with its abolition] would be that clubs wouldn't get in to that situation, " Gill said.
“我想一个好处就是俱乐部不用陷入那样的境地，”吉尔说。

5 . Though DS passes a signal of violence, a rashly abolition might passes sort of appeasement signal, or, compromise to heinous criminals.
死刑固然“传递的是一种暴力信息”，但贸然废除死刑可能传递的是一种绥靖信息，即对罪大恶极犯罪人的妥协。