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单词 annulment
释义 annulment|əˈnʌlmənt|
[f. annul + -ment; prob. a. Fr. anullement, though neither Littré nor Godef. has the latter in 15th c.]
1. The action of reducing to nothing or putting an end to; abolition.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W.) iii. xxiv. (1495) 325/2 Of humylyte procedeth mortyfycacyon, and anullement of his propre wyll.1809Coleridge Friend vi. v. (1867) 308 No better remedy for the overweening self-complacency of modern philosophy than the annulment of its pretended originality.1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 32 Emancipation..the annulment of the last subsisting misery.
2. The action of declaring void; invalidation.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 107 Most impudent Annulments of the plain and express Laws and Doctrines of Christ.1816Edin. Rev. XXVII. 318 A letter meant as a revocation and annulment of that rescript.1865Daily Tel. 23 Aug., Hence the necessary annulment of the Richmond elections.
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