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单词 abrogate
释义
abrogate
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈæb.rə.ɡeɪt/us
/ˈæb.rə.ɡeɪt/

abrogateverb[T](end a law)

to end alaw,agreement, orcustomformally:
正式废除，废止；撤销
Thetreatywas abrogated in 1929.该条约于1929年废止。
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  • jurisprudence
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abrogateverb[T](avoid responsibility)

toavoidsomething that you should do:
Companies are really abrogatingresponsibilityforsafety.
Heseemedto abrogate hisdutytowithholdlawandorder.
More examples
  • Those inpowerabrogatedtheirresponsibility.
  • Thegovernmentis abrogatingitsdutytoprotectthesafetyofitscitizens.
  • Someparentscompletelyabrogateresponsibilityforparentingtoschools.
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  • fiddle around
  • fight shy ofidiom
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  • insure
  • short circuit
  • shrink fromsomething
  • shy away fromsomething
  • sit onyourarseidiom
  • skip out onsomeone/something
  • steer
  • welch
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abrogation
(Definition ofabrogatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
abrogate
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈæb.rə.ɡeɪt/us
/ˈæb.rə.ɡeɪt/
to end alaw,agreement, orcustomformally
正式废除，废止；撤销
Thetreatywas abrogated in 1929.该条约于1929年废止。

abrogate| Business English

abrogate
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈæbrəɡeɪt/us
LAW
toofficiallyend alaw,agreement, orcustom:
Theoppositionpartypledgedto abrogate thelawif theywontheelection.
(Definition ofabrogatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabrogate

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And lastly, the government abrogated the subsidy that derived from forgiving the value-added tax, which was most of the subsidy to industrial promotion.
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What is important is that the centre should not, in the name of decentralization,abrogateresponsibility which only the centre is capable of fulfilling.
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The new tariff broke this ceiling and the distribution agreement abrogated.
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Therapies designed to directlyabrogateneuronal excitotoxicity might also prove to be advantageous.
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Teratogenic effects of neonatal arenavirus infection on the developing rat cerebellum are abrogated by passive immunotherapy.
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The analysis of the event into event differentials by no means abrogates this problem of whole units of action.
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The first, daring and startling, is indicative of how far he has abrogated architectural convention.
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The courts have treated the benefits of approved projects as a legal right that the government cannotabrogateunilaterally.
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Such early coincidence detection would be a very effective mechanism toabrogatethe background signal represented by thermal and uncorrelated visual events.
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Disruption of this signaling mayabrogatemaintenance of the stem cell niche and lead to preneoplastic conditions.
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He thus abrogated the right of lineage leaders to control their own daughters.
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The three severest forms of punishments must be immediately abrogated.
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The managers of this school have, in effect, abrogated their responsibility for music.
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As this example illustrates, no single word stands out as an obvious analogue for abrogated.
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Within five days, a petition, iterating their desire for the king to 'abrogateor moderate ' action against the nonconforming ministers, also had been devised.
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