abrogating
present participle ofabrogate
| 单词 | abrogating |
| 释义 | abrogating present participle ofabrogate abrogate verb[T] formaluk/ˈæb.rə.ɡeɪt/us/ˈæb.rə.ɡeɪt/abrogateverb[T](end a law)to end alaw,agreement, orcustomformally: Thetreatywas abrogated in 1929. UK politics: legislation & law-making
abrogateverb[T](avoid responsibility)toavoidsomething that you should do: Companies are really abrogatingresponsibilityforsafety. Heseemedto abrogate hisdutytowithholdlawandorder.
Avoiding action
Examplesofabrogatingabrogating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Will a human user be comfortable withabrogatingall responsibilities to the machine? From theCambridge English Corpus When you go further and refer a disputed territory to arbitration, you are notabrogatingthe rights and privileges of that particular area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he consider the desirability of entirelyabrogatingthat charge? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that if a miner became unemployed, the insurance company would try to find ways ofabrogatingits responsibilities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot see how the development councils can be prevented fromabrogatingthese functions in the process of time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These suggestions were gone into with care, but the conclusion was reached that the solution ofabrogatingthe six-months rule altogether was the preferable one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 And we would have had to add a third point, that we were anyway formallyabrogatingthe 1948 offer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, if necessary, this could be done withoutabrogatingthe principle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should thus beabrogatingour right to take our own decisions in areas not yet covered by harmonised arrangements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That inevitably involvesabrogatingthe normal procedure of this country regarding examination by committing magistrates, depositions, and all the rest of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By relying on the industrial watchdog principle, we have passed that control to a third party, therebyabrogatingthe state's responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he notabrogatingto the employer the sole right to be the labour recruiting agent? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The question is whether we areabrogatingthose rights when we legislate here without actually consulting those countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have no intention ofabrogatingour responsibilities in that regard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The union would beabrogatingits responsibilities in following such a course. 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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