英语词汇“annul”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINannul

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French annuller, from Late Latin annullare, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + nullus ‘not any’

VERB TABLE

annul

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	annul
	he, she, it	annuls
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	annulled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have annulled
	he, she, it	has annulled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had annulled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will annul
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have annulled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am annulling
	he, she, it	is annulling
	you, we, they	are annulling
Past	I, he, she, it	was annulling
	you, we, they	were annulling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been annulling
	he, she, it	has been annulling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been annulling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be annulling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been annulling

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A constitutional court could not have prevented dictatorship by annulling the law.
A military junta had just overthrown the constitutional government and annulled a recently held presidential election.
A non-Catholic who is married to a non-Catholic can have that marriage annulled in order to be baptized and marry a Catholic.
If the tribunal upholds the appeal, then last Sunday's race, won by Senna, would be annulled.
They were married in 1930 and the marriage was annulled in 1933.
Three days after the poll, Gen Noriega annulled the elections.

THESAURUS► cancel

to decide that something that was officially planned will not happen: · The teacher was ill so classes were cancelled for the day.· I was feeling better so I cancelled my doctor’s appointment.· They were forced to cancel the concert when the conductor became ill.

► call off

to cancel a meeting, game, or event that you have organized. Call off is less formal than cancel and is very commonly used in everyday English: · Linda decided to call the wedding off.· The game was called off due to heavy rain.

► be off

if an event or activity is off, it has been cancelled because of a sudden problem or change in someone’s plans: · I’m afraid the party’s off. Nick won’t let us use his apartment.· Myers called me yesterday to tell me that the deal was off.

► postpone

to decide to do something at a later time, instead of the time that was officially planned: · The show has been postponed until next Saturday.

► shelve

(also put something on ice) to decide not to continue with a plan, project etc although it may be considered again at some time in the future: · Plans for a new stadium have been shelved for now.· The project had to be put on ice due to lack of funding.· Blears called for the discussions to be put on ice until after the elections.

► annul

formal to officially decide that a marriage, result, or agreement has no legal authority and is therefore cancelled: · The election results were annulled by the courts.· A marriage can be annulled if there has been lack of consent.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a marriage is annulled

formal (=is officially ended by a court or church)· Henry VIII had his first marriage annulled.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► election

· Three days after the poll, Gen Noriega annulled the elections.· Jovic nevertheless dismissed fears that the Presidency might seek to annul the election results and declare a state of emergency.

► marriage

· They were married in 1930 and the marriage was annulled in 1933.· A non-Catholic who is married to a non-Catholic can have that marriage annulled in order to be baptized and marry a Catholic.· Ruskin's marriage was annulled in July 1854, on the grounds that it had not been consummated.

► result

· Jovic nevertheless dismissed fears that the Presidency might seek to annul the election results and declare a state of emergency.· That August, Babaginda annulled the results of the June presidential election.