abolition

英 [ˌæbəˈlɪʃn]

美 [ˌæbəˈlɪʃn]

n.  (法律、制度、习俗等的)废除，废止

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BNC.5158 / COCA.13737

牛津词典

noun

• （法律、制度、习俗等的）废除，废止
  the ending of a law, a system or an institution
  1. the abolition of slavery
     奴隶制的废除

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （制度、习俗等的）废除，废止
  Theabolition ofsomething such as a system or practice is its formal ending.
  1. ...the abolition of slavery in Brazil and the Caribbean.
     巴西及加勒比地区奴隶制的废除

英英释义

noun

• the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
  1. the abolition of capital punishment
  Synonym:abolishment

双语例句

• The government decides to hold a referendum on the abolition of capital punishment.
  政府决定对死刑的废除问题进行公民投票。
• In many cases, however, the abolition of marketing boards has left an institutional vacuum.
  但是在许多情况下，取消市场委员会留下了体制上的真空。
• Action Committee for the abolition of the autonomy plan;
  废除自治计划行动委员会；
• His most significant political achievement was the abolition of the death penalty.
  他政治上影响最深远的成就是废除死刑制度。
• Relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery.
  关于或支持废除的，尤指废除奴隶制度。
• We should all work for the complete abolition of poverty.
  我们都应为彻底消除贫困而努力工作。
• Some people seemed to believe that with the abolition of the emperor, China had become a democratic country and that hence forth everything would take its proper course.
  有人以为没有皇帝，中国就算是民主国家，百事大吉，天下太平了。
• Have the slaves really got freedom after the abolition of slavery?
  奴隶制废除以后，奴隶们真的获得了自由吗？
• Islanders have campaigned for the abolition of one of the three tiers of municipal power on the island.
  岛上居民发起一场运动，要求废除岛上三级市政管理层中的一级。
• Although he encountered numerous difficulties, but he never returned to the idea of abolition.
  虽然他碰到了重重的困难，但他从来都没有取消回国的念头。