repealed v. 撤消;废止(repeal的过去分词)
- He was convicted under an archaic statute that had never been repealed.
他被一个过时且未被取消的法令定罪。 - According to the Circular, the Tentative Regulations on Urban Real Estate Tax will be repealed on 1st January 2009.
通知决定自2009年1月1日起废止《城市房地产税暂行条例》。 - For example, the Holidays Act 1981 (repealed) provided a joint sick leave and bereavement leave entitlement called "special leave".
例如,“假日法1981”(现已废止)将病假和丧假合并称为“特别假”。
Repeal \Re*peal"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repealed}
(-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repealing}.] [OF. repeler to call
back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to
call, L. appellare. See {Appeal}, and. cf. {Repel}.]
1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.]
The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself,
And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. --Shak.
2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to
rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the
legislature; as, to repeal a law.
3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.]
Whence Adam soon repealed
The doubts that in his heart arose. --Milton.
Syn: To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate;
cancel; reverse. See {Abolish}.