abolition
英 [æbə'lɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,æbə'lɪʃən]
TEM4 GRE TOEFL
1. ab- + ol- "al-, nourish" + -ition.
2. => away from grow/nourish, off from grow/nourish. => retard the growth of, destroy, cause to die out.
- abolition (n.)
- 1520s, from Middle French abolition or directly from Latin abolitionem (nominative abolitio) "an abolition," noun of action from past participle stem of abolere "destroy" (see abolish). Specific application to "opposition to the black slave trade as a political question" is first attested 1788.
- 1. the abolition of slavery
- 奴隶制的废除
来自《权威词典》
- 2. the abolition of serfdom in Russia in 1861
- 1861年农奴制在俄国的废除
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Abraham Lincoln campaigned for the abolition of slavery, he succeeded.
- 亚伯拉罕·林肯曾为废除奴隶制而战, 他成功了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. They declared for the abolition of slavery.
- 他们声明赞成废除奴隶制度.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. They preach the abolition of established systems but prose nothing to replace them.
- 他们竭力主张废除固有的制度,但没有提出代替这些制度的任何建议.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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