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cancel v.取消；作废；注销；抵消；删除n.取消；删除 (1) 比赛因天气不好只得取消。(2) 要是情况不妙，我们就只好取消度假计划了。(3) 你一进入电影院后,这张票就得注销了。(4) 这些争论彼此势均力敌。(5) 你最好把你作文中的最后一句删掉。 Scrub, scratch, or strike down — those are all other ways of saying cancel. People often cancel plans, deciding not to do something they had already scheduled. In math, if the numerator and a denominator of a fraction have common factors you can cancel the factors out, which means delete them. To cancel a debt means to get rid it. A cancel on a postage stamp is the mark that shows it has been used.

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英 ['kænsl] 美 ['kænsl] (1) The match had to be cancelled due to the bad weather.(2) If the worst comes to the worst, we'll have to cancel our holiday plans.(3) The ticket shall be cancelled once you enter the cinema.(4) These arguments cancel each other out.(5) You'd better cancel the last sentence in your composition. To cancel means to call off or postpone indefinitely. Which is probably what you would do if the hotel you were planning to stay in has an infestation of bedbugs. in AM, use 美国英语用 canceling, canceled1[VERB 动词]取消；撤销；中止 If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.   [V n]  [V]The Russian foreign minister yesterday cancelled his visit to Washington...俄罗斯外交部长昨天取消了对华盛顿的访问。Many trains have been cancelled and a limited service is operating on other lines...多趟列车被取消，其他线路上运行的班次也很有限。The Navy has decided to cancel its contract for the A-12 Stealth attack plane...海军方面已决定取消购买A-12隐形攻击机的合同。There is normally no refund should a client choose to cancel.客户若要取消服务，通常不予退款。cancellationOutbursts of violence forced the cancellation of Haiti's first free elections in 1987.由于爆发多起暴力冲突，海地被迫取消了1987年的首次自由选举。...passengers who suffer delays and cancellations on planes, trains, ferries and buses.碰上飞机、火车、渡船和公共汽车晚点甚至取消的乘客2[VERB 动词]废除，废止(文件、保险单)；免除(债务) If someone in authority cancels a document, an insurance policy, or a debt, they officially declare that it is no longer valid or no longer legally exists.   [V n]He intends to try to leave the country, in spite of a government order cancelling his passport...尽管政府已经下令吊销他的护照，他还是试图要离开该国。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。Under the agreement, Britain will cancel hundreds of millions of pounds in debts owed to it by some of world's poorest countries.根据该协议，英国将免除世界上一些最不发达国家欠下的数亿英镑的债务。cancellation...a march by groups calling for cancellation of Third World debt.要求取消第三世界债务的团体举行的游行3[VERB 动词]盖销，注销(邮票或支票) To cancel a stamp or a cheque means to mark it to show that it has already been used and cannot be used again.   [V n]  [V-ed]The new device can also cancel the check after the transaction is complete.交易完成后，这种新设备也能注销支票。...cancelled stamps.盖销（邮）票Usage Note :If you cancel or call off an arrangement or an appointment, you stop it from happening. You usually do not make any new arrangements. If you postpone or put off an arrangement or an appointment, you make another arrangement for it to happen at a later time. If you delay something that has been arranged, you make it happen later than planned. If something delays you or holds you up, you start or finish what you are doing later than you planned.取消安排或预约用 cancel 或 call off, 通常不再做新的安排。推迟安排或预约用 postpone 或 put off。delay 表示延期做某事；delay 或 hold up 还可以表示某事耽误了某人的时间。相关词组：cancel out

英语单词	cancel
英美音标	英 ['kænsl] 美 ['kænsl]
中文释义	v.取消；作废；注销；抵消；删除 n.取消；删除
英语例句	(1) The match had to be cancelled due to the bad weather. (2) If the worst comes to the worst, we'll have to cancel our holiday plans. (3) The ticket shall be cancelled once you enter the cinema. (4) These arguments cancel each other out. (5) You'd better cancel the last sentence in your composition.
中文例句	(1) 比赛因天气不好只得取消。 (2) 要是情况不妙，我们就只好取消度假计划了。 (3) 你一进入电影院后,这张票就得注销了。 (4) 这些争论彼此势均力敌。 (5) 你最好把你作文中的最后一句删掉。
vocabulary简明	To cancel means to call off or postpone indefinitely. Which is probably what you would do if the hotel you were planning to stay in has an infestation of bedbugs.
vocabulary扩展	Scrub, scratch, or strike down — those are all other ways of saying cancel. People often cancel plans, deciding not to do something they had already scheduled. In math, if the numerator and a denominator of a fraction have common factors you can cancel the factors out, which means delete them. To cancel a debt means to get rid it. A cancel on a postage stamp is the mark that shows it has been used.
柯林斯解释	in AM, use 美国英语用 canceling, canceled 1 [VERB 动词]取消；撤销；中止 If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them. [V n] [V] The Russian foreign minister yesterday cancelled his visit to Washington... 俄罗斯外交部长昨天取消了对华盛顿的访问。 Many trains have been cancelled and a limited service is operating on other lines... 多趟列车被取消，其他线路上运行的班次也很有限。 The Navy has decided to cancel its contract for the A-12 Stealth attack plane... 海军方面已决定取消购买A-12隐形攻击机的合同。 There is normally no refund should a client choose to cancel. 客户若要取消服务，通常不予退款。 cancellation Outbursts of violence forced the cancellation of Haiti's first free elections in 1987. 由于爆发多起暴力冲突，海地被迫取消了1987年的首次自由选举。 ...passengers who suffer delays and cancellations on planes, trains, ferries and buses. 碰上飞机、火车、渡船和公共汽车晚点甚至取消的乘客 2 [VERB 动词]废除，废止(文件、保险单)；免除(债务) If someone in authority cancels a document, an insurance policy, or a debt, they officially declare that it is no longer valid or no longer legally exists. [V n] He intends to try to leave the country, in spite of a government order cancelling his passport... 尽管政府已经下令吊销他的护照，他还是试图要离开该国。 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。 Under the agreement, Britain will cancel hundreds of millions of pounds in debts owed to it by some of world's poorest countries. 根据该协议，英国将免除世界上一些最不发达国家欠下的数亿英镑的债务。 cancellation ...a march by groups calling for cancellation of Third World debt. 要求取消第三世界债务的团体举行的游行 3 [VERB 动词]盖销，注销(邮票或支票) To cancel a stamp or a cheque means to mark it to show that it has already been used and cannot be used again. [V n] [V-ed] The new device can also cancel the check after the transaction is complete. 交易完成后，这种新设备也能注销支票。 ...cancelled stamps. 盖销（邮）票 Usage Note : If you cancel or call off an arrangement or an appointment, you stop it from happening. You usually do not make any new arrangements. If you postpone or put off an arrangement or an appointment, you make another arrangement for it to happen at a later time. If you delay something that has been arranged, you make it happen later than planned. If something delays you or holds you up, you start or finish what you are doing later than you planned. 取消安排或预约用 cancel 或 call off, 通常不再做新的安排。推迟安排或预约用 postpone 或 put off。delay 表示延期做某事；delay 或 hold up 还可以表示某事耽误了某人的时间。相关词组： cancel out

Cancel Means Call Postpone Verb 动词 Longer [V