单词 | remit |
释义 | remit v. & n. --v (remitted, remitting)   1. tr. cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment etc.).   2. intr. & tr. abate or slacken; cease or cease from partly or entirely.   3. tr. send (money etc.) in payment.   4. tr. cause to be conveyed by post.   5. tr. a (foll. by to) refer (a matter for decision etc.) to some authority. b Law send back (a case) to a lower court.   6. tr. a (often foll. by to) postpone or defer. b (foll. by in, into) send or put back into a previous state.   7. tr. Theol. (usu. of God) pardon (sins etc.). --n   1. the terms of reference of a committee etc.   2. an item remitted for consideration. Derivatives remittable adj. remittal n. remittee n. remitter n. Etymology: ME f. L remittere remiss- (as RE-, mittere send) |
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