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词组 cancel
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cancel /ˈkænsəl/ verb to decide that something that was officially planned will not happennounscancel a meeting/class/appointment Please accept my apologies for having to cancel our meeting on January 24th.cancel a flight Flight 1098 was canceled due to an engine problem.cancel a concert/show/performance The show was canceled because of poor ticket sales.cancel an event/competition/game/race/wedding etc Wednesday’s event was cancelled due to bad weather.cancel your plans The company was forced to cancel its plans to export cars to the United States.cancel a project The project had been cancelled due to lack of funds.THESAURUS: cancel call offstrike | protest | talks | deal | search | game | match | meeting | party | wedding to cancel something that has been planned to happen. Call off sounds more informal than cancel and is often used in news reports: The union refused to call off the strike. | They called off the protest after the authorities promised to reconsider their decision. | The US government threatened to call off the talks. | The deal was called off at the last minute. | The police called off their search for the missing woman. | The game was called off less than half an hour before kick-off. | Julia called off their wedding because she wasn’t sure he was right for her. postponemeeting | game | match | show | concert | trial | election | trip | decision to decide to do something at a later time, instead of the time that was officially planned: Tonight’s town council meeting has been postponed until next Tuesday. | The game was postponed because of a bomb scare. | Liverpool’s match against Arsenal was postponed because of fog. | The show has been postponed until next Saturday. | Defence lawyers asked for the trial to be postponed. | The government decided to postpone the election till the autumn. | We had to postpone our trip to Europe, because one of the children was ill. | The committee said it was postponing its decision for at least a month. shelve also put sth on ice informalplan | proposal | idea | project | programme | report to decide not to continue with something that has been planned, although it may be considered again at some time in the future: The plan was shelved to save money. | Bad publicity forced the government to shelve the idea. | The company decided to put the project on ice. | The proposed investment programme has been put on ice. | The administration has shelved a report into pensions, because it could be embarrassing. liftban | sanctions | restriction | blockade | curfew | martial law to end an official order that stops or limits someone from doing something: The state lifted its ban on gambling in casinos. | They want the US to lift economic sanctions against Cuba. | The EU has lifted restrictions on food imports. | They lifted their blockade of the country’s ports (=end actions that prevent goods or people from leaving or entering a place). | The government lifted the curfew on Monday, allowing vehicles back on the roads (=end a law that says that people must not go outside at particular times, especially at night). | The government says it will lift martial law as soon as possible (=end control of the country by the army). repeallaw | act | bill | legislation | amendment | statute to officially end a law, so that it no longer has any authority: They want Parliament to repeal the laws on hunting. | The act was repealed by the new socialist government. | Gun control legislation was repealed by the state senate. | The Republicans have introduced legislation to repeal the amendment. annul formalelection | result | marriage to officially decide that something has no legal authority and is therefore cancelled: Opposition parties have asked the Supreme Court to annul the election. | The judges annulled the results of the election. | In 1960, he married a 15-year-old, but the marriage was annulled because of the bride’s age.In informal English, people say that something is off (=it has been cancelled): I’m afraid the party is off.
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