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B1[IorT]todecidethat anorganizedeventwill nothappen, or tostopanorderforgoodsorservicesthat you nolongerwant: 取消;终止;撤销 They had to cancel tomorrow'sgamebecause of thebadweather.因为天气太糟,他们不得不取消了明天的比赛。 The 7.10trainto Budapest has been cancelled.7点10分开往布达佩斯的火车被取消了。 to cancel amagazinesubscription停止订阅杂志 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesto cancel something - cancelSorry, I have to cancel our plans tonight.
- call offThe game has been called off because of the weather.
- offThe meeting's off because James is ill.
- scrapWe've scrapped our plans for a trip to France.
- suspendThe ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather.
- postponeWe've postponed the wedding until next year.
See more results » [T]todecidethat no moreepisodes(=parts)of atelevisionprogrammewill be made orbroadcast: Thenetworkcancelled hertalkshowfollowingthescandal. The showbecameaculthitdespitebeing cancelled afteritsfirstseason. [T]tomarkastampto show that it has been used and cannot be used again 盖销(邮票) [T]informaltocompletelyrejectandstopsupportingsomeone,especiallybecause they have said something thatoffendsyou: Acelebritywho hassharedanunpopularopiniononsocialmediarisksbeing "cancelled": they arecompletelyboycottedbyfans. Collegestudentsdecidedto cancel her after herhomophobictweet. - She had to cancel herdentalappointment.
- I can't cancel myarrangementsat suchshortnotice.
- Myflightwas cancelled.
- Theoriginalorderswere cancelled and I was givenfreshinstructions.
- Theconcerthas been cancelledowingtolackofsupport.
- Though the showlastedfor anotherseason, thechemistrywasn't there, and theserieswas canceled.
- In 2019, wetalkofpeoplebeing “cancelled,” as though they’reunpopularTVshows, and nothumanbeings.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCancelling and interrupting - adjourn
- adjourn tosomewhere
- arrest
- break
- callsomeone/somethingoff
- cancellable
- cut
- diversion
- halt
- in midstreamidiom
- kick
- kicksomethinginto touchidiom
- rain
- scratch
- scrub
- shut
- shut(something)off
- Zoom bomb
- Zoombomber
- Zoombombing
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Broadcasting in general Communications - the postal system Disapproving & criticizing (Definition ofcancelfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)B1[IorT]todecidethat anorganizedeventwill nothappen, or tostopanorderforgoodsorservicesthat you nolongerwant 取消;终止;撤销They had to cancel tomorrow'sgamebecause of thebadweather.因为天气太糟,他们不得不取消了明天的比赛。 The 7.10trainto Budapest has been cancelled.7点10分开往布达佩斯的火车被取消了。 to cancel amagazinesubscription停止订阅杂志 [T]tomarkastampto show that it has been used and cannot be used again 盖销(邮票) - She had to cancel herdentalappointment.
- I can't cancel myarrangementsat suchshortnotice.
- Myflightwas cancelled.
- Theoriginalorderswere cancelled and I was givenfreshinstructions.
- Theconcerthas been cancelledowingtolackofsupport.
cancel| American Dictionarytodecidethat somethingarrangedinadvancewill nothappen, or tostatethat you do notwishtoreceivesomething: [I]We weresupposedtomeetfordinnerbut Elise had to cancel at the lastminute. If astamporcheckis canceled, it ismarkedto show it has been used: [T]Hecollectscanceledstamps. cancellation
[C]All theticketsweresold, so wewaitedtoseeif there were anycancellations. (Definition ofcancelfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)todecidethat something that has beenarrangedwill nothappen: cancel a flight/meeting/tripWhen aflightis cancelled, anairlineisobligedtoprovidealternativetransportor arefund. "I canceled at the lastminute,'' he said. LAWtoofficiallyend alegalagreementorresponsibility: cancel a contract/debt/obligationLeaderspledgedto cancel thedebtof the world’s mostindebtedcountries. LAW,BANKINGtomarkachequeor otherdocumentto show that it has been used and cannot be used again: Consumers who need a canceledchecktoprovethat they made apaymentcanaskfor acopy. COMMERCEtostopanorderforgoodsorservicesthat you nolongerwantor need: Protesters areurgingthegovernmentto cancel theorderfor the newweaponssystem. (Definition ofcancelfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofcancelcancel Most of the urban factories cancelled some or all of their personnel transportation services when the crisis hit.From theCambridge English Corpus Second, the law cancelled previously established effective restrictions on switching.From theCambridge English Corpus He cancelled the rest of his vacation and came down and took his seat in the seminar.From theCambridge English Corpus Each event starts out in state 0, and passes to one of 1 or x depending, respectively, on whether it happens or is cancelled.From theCambridge English Corpus If none of the truth-conditional content (the entailments) of the explicature can be cancelled, the explicature itself shouldn't be cancellable either.From theCambridge English Corpus However, some older people refused or had cancelled home care.From theCambridge English Corpus The scheduled valvoplasty in one patient was cancelled after the initial diagnosis of a cleft mitral valve was excluded.From theCambridge English Corpus Classes often start late and are shorter than the scheduled hours, and quite frequently, because their teachers are otherwise occupied, classes are postponed or cancelled.From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, when one iterates f complicated denominators do arise, but they always disappear when one cancels common factors between numerators and denominators.From theCambridge English Corpus Other interactions are zero-sum, where the gains from better pest management are cancelled out by losses elsewhere.From theCambridge English Corpus An agreement is cancelled if the customer gives the seller notice of cancellation within the time this section allows.From theCambridge English Corpus The legal tender status of foreign coins was not cancelled until 1857.From theCambridge English Corpus Also, in institutions for the elderly this occasionally occurred, and more often, recreational activities in these groups were cancelled.From theCambridge English Corpus We did not observe any evidence that the signals were cancelled at any depth in the time domain of the recovery of the a-wave.From theCambridge English Corpus They wrote one name, they cancelled it, they wrote another again.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. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/cancel## |