annul

英 [əˈnʌl]

美 [əˈnʌl]

v.  废除; 取消; 宣告无效

过去分词：annulled　过去式：annulled　现在分词：annulling　复数：annuls　第三人称单数：annuls　

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BNC.20852 / COCA.21724

牛津词典

verb

• 废除；取消；宣告无效
  to state officially that sth is no longer legally valid
  1. Their marriage was annulled after just six months.
     他们的婚姻仅过半年就宣告取消。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 废除，取消（合同等）；宣告（选举等）无效
  If an election or a contractis annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
  1. Opposition party leaders are now pressing for the entire election to be annulled...
     反对党领导人现正强烈要求宣告这次选举无效。
  2. The marriage was annulled last month.
     上个月这桩婚姻被宣告无效。

英英释义

verb

• cancel officially
  1. He revoked the ban on smoking
  2. lift an embargo
  3. vacate a death sentence
  Synonym:revokeliftcountermandreverserepealoverturnrescindvacate
• declare invalid
  1. The contract was annulled
  2. void a plea
  Synonym:invalidatequashvoidavoidnullify

双语例句

• ( 14) to alter or annul inappropriate decisions and orders issued by local organs of state administration at various levels;
  （十四）改变或者撤销地方各级国家行政机关的不适当的决定和命令；
• To annul those local regulations or decisions of the organs of state power of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government that contravene the Constitution, the law or the administrative rules and regulations;
  （八）撤销省、自治区、直辖市国家权力机关制定的同宪法、法律和行政法规相抵触的地方性法规和决议；
• A decision on whether to annul the marriage would be taken at a hearing next month, he said.
  法官说，将在下个月的听证会上决定是否宣布该婚姻无效。
• To alter or annul inappropriate orders, directives and regulations issued by the ministries or commissions;
  改变或者撤销各部、各委员会发布的不适当的命令、指示和规章；
• It can not fire women or unilaterally annul their labor contracts on the pretext of marriage, pregnancy, maternity leave or baby nursing.
  不得以结婚、怀孕、产假、哺乳等为由，辞退女职工或单方面解除劳动合同；
• I think allowing the wives of gay men to annul their marriages without providing support to their same-sex partners accordingly will squeeze us out, said Xiao Xiao, a 24-year-old gay man.
  我认为允许男同性恋者的配偶取消他们的婚姻，没有为他们的同性伴侣提供相应的支持会把我们排斥出去，潇潇说，一位24岁的男同性恋者。
• If you were a newlywed groom, you could annul a marriage if on your wedding night you discovered that your wife has bad breath.
  如果你是新婚的新郎，你在新婚夜发现你的新娘有口臭你可以解除婚约。
• You are a man who has enough courage to annul a wrong and mistaken action.
  你是一个勇敢的人，应该能够撤销一个错误的行动。
• The courts later found grounds to annul the results, after the king urged them to sort out the mess.
  在国王敦促法庭收拾烂摊子后，法庭随后宣布废除选举结果。
• But to return. I have shown that no society of slaves can endure, because, in its very nature, such society must annul the law of development.
  不过，话又说回来，我曾经告诉过你们，奴隶社会是长不了的，因为就其本性而言，这样的社会必须消灭发展规律。