一、详细释义:


n.

取消,撤消,注销


例句:

Some screens only have cancel buttons, with no instructions on how to move forward.

有些屏幕只有取消按钮,而没有提示如何进一步操作。


例句:

You can see the “cancel” link next to it, in plain text.

你可以看到 “取消”链接以纯文本方式放在它的旁边。


【数】(相)约,(相)消

v.

取消,撤销,终止 [T]


例句:

We cancelled our appointment.

我们取消了约会。


例句:

The game was cancelled because of the rain.

比赛因为下雨而取消了。


抵消,中和,偿还 [T]


例句:

Her kindness and generosity cancel out her occasional flashes of temper.

她为人厚道、慷慨大方,倒也弥补了她偶尔发点儿脾气。


例句:

The money I owed him and that he owes me cancel each other out.

我过去欠他的钱与他现在欠我的钱恰好相互抵消。


废除,废止,免除 [I,T]


例句:

The US has agreed to cancel debts totalling $10 million.

美国已同意免除总额为1000万元的税。


例句:

She learned her insurance had been canceled by Pacific Mutual Insurance Company.

她得知自己的保险已经被太平洋互助保险公司中止了。


删去,划掉 [T]


例句:

You should cancel this preposition in the sentence.

你应该删去句子中的这个介词。


例句:

He cancelled many unnecessary words in his manuscript.

他把他原稿上许多不需要的字删去。


盖销,注销 [T]


例句:

Could you cancel some stamps sticking on the postcards for me too?

你还能给我盖销一些贴在明信片上的邮票吗?


例句:

The post office cancels the stamps on a letter.

邮局盖戳注销信件上的邮票。


【数】约去,消去 [I,T]


例句:

These two figures cancel each other.

这两数彼此对消。


例句:

Eight and twenty cancel by four.

8和20的公约数是4。


二、词义辨析:


abolish,cancel,repeal

这些动词均含“取消、废除”之意 abolish正式用词,指彻底废除某种制度、规章或习俗。 cancel用法广泛,多指取消债务、合同、证书、比赛、旅行、计划或约会等。 repeal书面用词,指撤销立法机关通过的协议、法案或法律等。


三、相关短语:


cancel out

取消,抵消,约去,相等 相互抵消,消除影响


四、参考例句:


Cancel an internal meeting

取消一次内部会议?


The customer called to cancel.

顾客打电话来取消了。


I propose that we cancel the negotiation.

我建议我们取消谈判。


These two figures cancel each other.

这两数彼此对消。


Please cancel the words which are useless.

请把无用的词划掉。


You may cancel or rearrange the appointment.

你可以取消约会或是重新安排约会时间。


Eight and twenty cancel by four.

8和20的公约数是4。


Her virtues cancel out her weaknesses.

她的优点抵销了她的缺点。


Don't cancel those significant figures.

不要删除那些有效数据。


The US has agreed to cancel debts totalling $10 million.

美国已同意免除总额为1000万元的税。