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Quash Court Verb 动词   [V N Appeal Quashed

英语单词 quash
英美音标 英 [kwɒʃ] 美 [kwɔːʃ]
中文释义 v.镇压;撤销;平息
英语例句 (1) The army was called in to quash the revolt.
(2) The applicant sought judicial review to quash the order.
(3) The appeal court quashed the care order made by the juvenile court.
(4) I was about to learn how to quash hunger.
(5) Growth, translated into jobs, is designed to quash the risk of social instability.
中文例句 (1) 军队被调来镇压叛乱。
(2) 申请人寻求司法复审以撤消命令。
(3) 上诉法院撤销了少年法院发出的照看令。
(4) 我要面对的就是如何驱走饥饿。
(5) 经济增长带动就业增加,意在消除社会不稳定风险。
vocabulary简明 Quash means to put down, stop, extinguish, and it’s usually used to talk about ideas, feelings, or political movements. You wouldn’t quash a grape underfoot; you would squash it. But if you were a military dictator, you would quash a revolution.
vocabulary扩展 Quash is an extreme word. It comes from the French word for smash, or shatter. If something is quashed it is completely suppressed, usually by something or someone very powerful or authoritative. If you wrote a poem and asked your favorite teacher to read it, and that teacher tore it to pieces, then your hopes were most likely quashed.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]撤销,废止(决定或判决);宣布无效 If a court or someone in authority quashes a decision or judgment, they officially reject it.
  [V n]
  • The Appeal Court has quashed the convictions of all eleven people.

    上诉法庭已经撤销对所有11人的判决。

2
[VERB 动词]平息,制止,澄清(谣言) If someone quashes rumours, they say or do something to demonstrate that the rumours are not true.
  [V n]
  • Graham attempted to quash rumours of growing discontent.

    格雷厄姆试图平息有关不满情绪日益强烈的流言。

3
[VERB 动词]镇压;压制;平定 To quash a rebellion or protest means to stop it, often in a violent way.
  [V n]
  • Troops were displaying an obvious reluctance to get involved in quashing demonstrations.

    部队显然并不愿意参与镇压示威游行。

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