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单词 quash
释义
quash
verb[T]
uk
/kwɒʃ/us
/kwɑːʃ/

quashverb[T](REFUSE)

to sayofficiallythat something,especiallyanearlierofficialdecision, is nolongerto beaccepted:
撤销，废止，宣布…无效
Hisconvictionwas quashed inMarch1986 after hiscounselarguedthat thepoliceevidencewas alllies.他的辩护人举证说明了警方的证据是一派谎言，于是对他的判决于1986年3月被撤销了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Forbidding and banning things
  • abolish
  • abolition
  • abolitionist
  • anti-censorship
  • ban
  • curfew
  • debar
  • decertification
  • decertify
  • deny
  • disallow
  • non-valid
  • off-limits
  • out of boundsidiom
  • outlaw
  • prohibit
  • unauthorized
  • unkosher
  • verboten
  • veto
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UK politics: legislation & law-making

quashverb[T](STOP)

toforcefullystopsomething that you do notwanttohappen:
镇压，平息
Therevoltwasswiftlyquashed bygovernmenttroops.叛乱很快就被政府军镇压下去了。
Thecompanymovedquicklyto quashrumours/speculationthat it islosingmoney.公司迅速采取行动，平息其亏损的谣言。
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Causing something to end
  • abandon
  • abandonment
  • all good things (must) come to an endidiom
  • and have done with itidiom
  • be over the humpidiom
  • draw
  • jacksomethingin
  • killsomethingstone-deadidiom
  • knock
  • knock off (something)
  • lay
  • lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
  • lid
  • lift
  • raise
  • staunch
  • stem
  • stopper
  • stranglesomethingat birthidiom
  • subdue
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(Definition ofquashfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

quash| American Dictionary

quash
verb[T]
us
/kwɑʃ/
tostoporblocksomething fromhappening:
TheSecretaryof Defensetriedto quashspeculationthat he wasplanningtoresignfollowingthedisastrousmilitarydefeat.
(Definition ofquashfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

quash| Business English

quash
verb[T]
uk
/kwɒʃ/us
LAW
tostateofficiallythat something,especiallyanearlierofficialdecision, is nolongerto beaccepted:
quash a conviction/decision/orderHisconvictionwas quashed inMarchafter alengthylegalbattle.
toforcefullystopsomething that you do notwanttohappen:
Thecompanymovedquicklytoquashrumoursoftradinglosses.
Theengineeringgroupyesterdayquashedspeculationthat it was atakeovertarget.
(Definition ofquashfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquash

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Moreover, by constant repetition of the brilliance of her work it has become sacrosanct, to the extent that any criticism of it is invariably quashed.
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He appealed against this conviction and it was quashed.
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I said there was no conviction standing against the woman, because five and a half years ago it was quashed.
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He was also convicted of another offence, but that conviction was quashed.
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In 1916, 105 convictions were affirmed and fifty convictions were quashed.
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He has every right to feel proud that the convictions have been quashed today.
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Thirdly, if the designation were to be deemed unlawful, my decisions and the orders could be quashed.
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In 1917, 141 convictions were affirmed and seventy-five convictions were quashed.
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The rest were refused or only partially quashed.
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In this way the claim of the opponents of nationalisation that the small man is squeezed out is quashed.
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The reason for that is that there is a difference between the withholding of confirmation and the process of quashing.
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His decision was subsequently quashed by a court.
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Although there have been two attempts since then to include the site in the green belt, both were quashed by the courts.
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The sentence of imprisonment then awarded was subsequently remitted, but the conviction was-not quashed.
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There is an example in recent history of a rate which was illegally made, and, on appeal to the justices, that rate was quashed.
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