abolish
verb- abolish something
to officially end a law, a system or an institution 废除,废止(法律、制度、习俗等) Extra ExamplesSome MPs want to abolish the tax altogether. 一些国会议员想完全废除这项征税。 Some say the tax should be abolished entirely. 有些人说这项征税应该全面废除。 The new immigration act effectively abolishes quotas on immigrants. 这项新的移民法令实际上取消了移民人数限额。 Over the past six years we have abolished a whole range of direct taxes. 过去六年我们已经取消一系列的直接税。 Slavery was abolished in the US in 1865. 美国于1865年废除了奴隶制。 They outlined the arguments for abolishing the monarchy. 他们概述了废除君主制的理由。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- seek to
- decide to
- vote to
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French aboliss-, lengthened stem of abolir, from Latin abolere ‘destroy’.