repealed
past simple and past participle ofrepeal
| 单词 | repealed |
| 释义 | repealed past simple and past participle ofrepeal repeal verb[T] uk/rɪˈpiːl/us/rɪˈpiːl/If agovernmentrepeals alaw, itcausesthatlawnolongerto have anylegalforce. Synonyms annulspecialized lift overturn rescindformal reverse revokeformal Compare countermandformal UK politics: legislation & law-making
Examplesofrepealedrepealed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In addition, the size and general configuration of patented machines changed considerably in the decade before the brick tax wasrepealed. From theCambridge English Corpus None of these ' emergency measures ' were subsequentlyrepealedafter 1918. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it is noticeable that such legislation initially remained geographically limited in its scope and was either temporary in its nature or quicklyrepealed. From theCambridge English Corpus Unsurprisingly, all the 1909 and 1914 land taxation provisions had beenrepealedby 1920. From theCambridge English Corpus More generally, my interest in certain laws being passed orrepealedcan be furthered only by citizens and representatives. From theCambridge English Corpus My survey showed almost 70% of couples wanted the ban to berepealed. From theCambridge English Corpus However, because older statutes were rarelyrepealed, the books were rife with obsolete statutes. From theCambridge English Corpus This rule restricting membership to male household heads has since beenrepealed. From theCambridge English Corpus A ban was issued forthwith, but for unclear reasons it soon had to berepealed. From theCambridge English Corpus Consider those counter-to-fact situations in which the rules in question arerepealedor have never been enacted. From theCambridge English Corpus In practice these taxes had yielded little or no revenue and wererepealedin 1920. From theCambridge English Corpus The fellowship was restored to him years later after the religious tests wererepealed. From theCambridge English Corpus From the year 1920, when those legislative measures wererepealed, the large landowners once again looked upon the flour cooperatives with scepticism. From theCambridge English Corpus Consequently, they were favoured for adoption in ordinary brickyards when the excise duties on bricks were finallyrepealedin 1850. From theCambridge English Corpus The first two were passed in the wake of financial crises andrepealedwithin a few years because of complaints by creditors about high expenses and low dividends. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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