| 单词 | abolish |
| 释义 | abolish —abolishable, adj. —abolisher, n. —abolishment, n. /euh bol"ish/, v.t. to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void: to abolish slavery. [1425-75; late ME < MF aboliss-, long s. of abolir < L abolere to destroy, efface, put an end to; change of conjugation perh. by assoc. with L abolitio ABOLITION] Syn. suppress, nullify, cancel; annihilate, obliterate, extinguish; exterminate, extirpate, eliminate. ABOLISH, ERADICATE, STAMP OUT mean to do away completely with something. To ABOLISH is to cause to cease, often by a summary order: to abolish a requirement. STAMP OUT implies forcibly making an end to something considered undesirable or harmful: to stamp out the opium traffic. ERADICATE (literally, to tear out by the roots), a formal word, suggests extirpation, leaving no vestige or trace: to eradicate all use of child labor. Ant. establish. |
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