repealing
present participle ofrepeal
| 单词 | repealing |
| 释义 | repealing present 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
Examplesofrepealingrepealing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Tens of thousands of electors might be added to or subtracted from a constituency, simply by imposing orrepealingthe small tenements act. From theCambridge English Corpus This prevents us fromrepealingthe potentially conflicting rules, thus creating a continuous source of indeterminacy. From theCambridge English Corpus There was concern over a proposed constitutional amendmentrepealingthe one-term limit for governors. From theCambridge English Corpus One year later, however, voters approved an initiativerepealingthe new law. From theCambridge English Corpus A tendency to leave the letter 't' uncrossed caused confusion: 'repeating' becomes 'repealing'! From theCambridge English Corpus We concluded that we could achieve our purpose more simply byrepealingsection 13(3). From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should have thought that they would be inclined to keep the provision rather thanrepealingit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not varying the details of something that has already been authorised; this isrepealing, modifying or adapting an enactment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a case of, in effect, arepealingmethod. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But, if she can tell us that the various measures are already contained in therepealingstatute, let us make that clear in this subsection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that byrepealing"sus" we are likely greatly to benefit race relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason forrepealingthis provision is quite simply that it is no longer needed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to assessing the risk to society as a result of introducing new regulations andrepealingexisting regulations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we achieved our target ofrepealingor amending over 500 regulations by the end of last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What he meant was that there would be minimal advantages inrepealing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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