• vt. 廢除，廢止；取消，革除

前綴ab-, 離開，非。詞根ol,生長，滋養，同old, adult.

abolish (v.)

mid-15c., from Middle French aboliss-, present participle stem of abolir "to abolish" (15c.), from Latin abolere "destroy, cause to die out, retard the growth of," perhaps from ab- "from" (see ab-) + adolere "to grow," from PIE *ol-eye-, causative of root *al- (3) "to grow, nourish" (see old), and perhaps formed as an antonym to adolere. But the Latin word rather could be from a root in common with Greek ollymi, apollymi "destroy." Tucker writes that there has been a confusion of forms in Latin, based on similar roots, one meaning "to grow," the other "to destroy." Application to persons and concrete objects has long been obsolete. Related: Abolished; abolishing.

1. The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder.

議會于翌年表決對謀殺罪廢除死刑。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The Government of Jamaica consider it imprudent to abolish the death penalty.

牙買加政府認為廢除死刑是輕率之舉。

來自柯林斯例句

3. plans to abolish the monarchy

廢除君主政體的計劃

來自《權威詞典》

4. Do abolish this kind of bad evil.

一定要廢除這種惡劣習俗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The government consider it imprudent to abolish the death penalty.

政府認為廢除死刑是輕率之舉。

來自辭典例句