cancel
英 ['kæns(ə)l]
美 ['kænsl]
- vt. 取消；删去
- vi. 取消；相互抵销
- n. 取消，撤销
- n. (Cancel)人名；(法)康塞尔
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cancel 删除来自拉丁词carcer拼写变体。原指监狱，围栏，后指组成围栏的斜栅，形如字母X，因而引申词义删除。见incarcerate，最终来自PIE *sker, 围，弯，词源同ring, curve.
- cancel
- cancel: see chancellor
- cancel (v.)
- late 14c., "cross out with lines," from Anglo-French canceler, from Latin cancellare "to make resemble a lattice," which in Late Latin took on a sense "cross out something written" by marking it with crossed lines, from cancelli, plural of cancellus "lattice, grating," diminutive of cancer "crossed bars, lattice," a variant of carcer "prison" (see incarceration). Figurative use, "to nullify an obligation" is from mid-15c. Related: Canceled (also cancelled); cancelling.
- 1. He wonders if the different influences might not cancel each other out.
- 他在想，各种影响能不能相互抵消。
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- 2. He had to cancel some engagements because of tiredness.
- 他太累了，不得不取消一些约会。
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- 3. The band was forced to cancel a string of live dates.
- 乐队被迫取消了一系列的现场表演。
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- 4. You may cancel or rearrange the appointment.
- 你可以取消约会或是重新安排约会时间。
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- 5. The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances.
- 本公司保留在一定条件下取消这项协议的权利。
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