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

WORD ORIGINcancel

Origin:

1300-1400 French canceller ‘to cross out’, from Latin cancellare ‘to make like a frame of crossed bars’, from cancer ‘frame of crossed bars’, from carcer ‘prison’

VERB TABLE

cancel

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	cancel
	he, she, it	cancels
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	cancelled (BrE), canceled (AmE)
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have cancelled (BrE), canceled (AmE)
	he, she, it	has cancelled (BrE), canceled (AmE)
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had cancelled (BrE), canceled (AmE)
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will cancel
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have cancelled (BrE), canceled (AmE)

Continuous Form
Present	I	am cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)
	he, she, it	is cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)
	you, we, they	are cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)
Past	I, he, she, it	was cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)
	you, we, they	were cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)
	he, she, it	has been cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been cancelling (BrE), canceling (AmE)

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

a canceled check
Classes were canceled for the day.
I called and canceled the order.
I forgot to cancel my doctor's appointment.
The comedy was canceled after just four episodes.
They were forced to cancel the concert when the conductor became ill.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And she had been pretty on that slab, all the influences of birth and upbringing cancelled out.
But the changes eventually could cancel almost a dozen station construction flights aboard the shuttle and several additional components.
Hamilton said that, depending on how the students fared emotionally Tuesday morning, he might cancel classes in the afternoon.
The project had been cancelled by Labour for lack of public funds.
Waiting lists started to lengthen as operations were cancelled.
We spent hours on the phone Thursday evening working through the guest-list to tell people the party was cancelled.

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.

Longman Language Activatorwhen you are not allowed or do not have the power to do something► cancel

to change a previous arrangement, so that a meeting, concert, game etc that was planned will not happen: · Classes were canceled for the day.· I forgot to cancel my doctor's appointment.· They were forced to cancel the concert when the conductor became ill.

► call off

to stop a meeting or event that you have organized: call off something: · The game was called off due to heavy rain.call something off: · Linda may call the wedding off.

► 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.

► scrub

British informal to decide not to do something that you have planned because there is a problem: · We haven't really got enough money for the trip -- let's just scrub it.

► shelve

: shelve a project/plan/idea/proposal etc to decide not to continue with a plan, although it may be considered again at some time in the future: · Plans for a new stadium have been shelved for now.· The city shelved the project due to lack of funding.

to prevent something from being effective► neutralize

also neutralise British to prevent something from being effective or stop the effect that it was having: · Congress can try to neutralize new legislation by modifying it or delaying it.· Recent events have done much to neutralize the influence of the right-wing.

► cancel out/negate

to prevent something from being effective by having an equal but opposite effect: · Increases in rent cancel out any rise in wages.· He treated me so badly at the end, it cancelled out the good times we'd had.· The side effects of the drug negate any possible benefit.cancel each other out: · The two arguments simply cancel each other out.

when something has an equal but opposite effect► cancel out

if one thing cancels out another, it has an opposite effect to it, so that the situation does not change: · The new tuition fees mean that increases in student grants are effectively cancelled out.cancel each other out/cancel one another out: · Two waves coming from opposite directions will cancel each other out.· Capital gains and losses can be expected to cancel one another out.

► offset

if something such as a cost or a sum of money offsets another cost, sum etc, it has an opposite effect so that the situation remains unchanged: · The savings on staff wages are offset by the increased maintenance costs.· $3000 was spent in US schools to offset the disadvantages of about 6 million school children.

► counterbalance

to have an equal and opposite effect to something such as a change, an influence, or a feeling: · Fortunately there are strong democratic forces in the country that counterbalance any extremist influences.· His fear of his father is counterbalanced by a genuine respect for him.

► it's swings and roundabouts/it cuts both ways

British spoken use this to say that although a particular method, decision, situation etc might give you an advantage, it will also involve an equal disadvantage: · Well, it's a case of swings and roundabouts really. You win some, you lose some.· The global economy can cut both ways, as some of a country's industries benefit from increased opportunity, and others lose to overseas competition.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cancel an appointment

· He had to cancel all his afternoon appointments.

► cancel a booking

· If you wish to cancel your booking, you must do it in writing.

► cancel/stop a cheque

(=stop a cheque from being paid to someone)· Don't forget to phone the bank and cancel that cheque.

► cancel/end/terminate a contract

· The buyer has three days in which to cancel the contract.

► write off/cancel a debt

(=say officially that it does not have to be paid)· The bank finally agreed to write off the debt.

► cancel an engagement

· He instructed his secretary to cancel all his engagements.

► a flight is cancelled

(=a flight that was due to go somewhere does not go)· All flights have been cancelled due to fog.

► cancel somebody’s leave

(=stop people taking leave)· The Police Department cancelled all leave because of the emergency.

► cancel your plans

· The weather got worse, and we had to cancel our plans to have the party outdoors.

► cancel a reservation

· She called the restaurant and cancelled the reservations.

► cancel your subscription

· Please give a month's notice if you are cancelling your subscription.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out

· And she had been pretty on that slab, all the influences of birth and upbringing cancelled out.· Creation is not cancelled out by redemption.· Retributive punishment restores the balance by cancelling out this advantage with a commensurate disadvantage.· The pattern is one of random steps, which by the laws of statistics tend to cancel out over longer periods.· But Sepp said continuing the mortgage and charitable deductions at the same time would cancel out the increase from investment taxes.· Ballantyne scored a try which cancelled out a strike by Mike Debusk then sent in Keith Johnston for a second.

NOUN► agreement

· However, one disadvantage of a forward contract is that it can not be cancelled without the agreement of both counterparties.

► appointment

· The fact is, I cancelled the appointment so now I have a morning at home to myself.· After 1 have one of those, I just get my secretary to cancel my appointments and drive me home.· Two days earlier I'd cancelled an appointment with a psychic healer, thinking perhaps I should leave well enough alone.· Then he hung up immediately, phoned his office and cancelled his afternoon appointments.· He cancelled his appointments for a week, and stayed in the Loire, spending each day with the boy.· She had cancelled all other appointments.

► booking

· If you have to cancel a booking, please let us know as soon as possible.· It was after you decided that we'd have to cancel our bookings for Venice next March because of the exchange rate.· On two consecutive years the venue, one used for many conferences, tried to cancel our booking.

► concert

· Well, maybe we should cancel the whole concert.

► contract

· This must be returned within five days, otherwise we reserve the right to cancel the contract.· If you try to cancel the magazine contract, watch out.· The customer is given the right to cancel the contract during the cooling-off period.· Some of these ISPs have tried to cancel contracts with spammers, but revocation can be costly.· It can also threaten to cancel federal contracts with any firms that refuse to change.

► debt

· Giving him his liberty would not cancel his debt however.· If Banks could be persuaded to cancel debts, it would make a great difference to the countries concerned.· It wants child poverty abolished in 20 years; it aims to cancel third world debt.· Imams or Christs, Mahdis or Messiahs were there to cancel all debts, atone for all insults.

► decision

· However, if a decision to cancel was going to be made it would have to be made now.

► engagement

· Perhaps he'd simply cancelled whatever social engagements he had when he'd realised that his brother needed sorting out?· He had been prepared to cancel an engagement at London's Victoria and Albert Museum if a satisfactory outcome was reached.· Midge, who had cancelled none of her engagements, asked Patrick if he would accompany her in Stevie's place.· Now the 60-year-old film star has cancelled all her engagements until the end of the year.· But the prince was still in pain today and was forced to cancel the engagement.

► event

· And the local council is urging Oxfam to cancel the event, fearing the hippies will return.· His security chief has now advised him to cancel the events planned at Coroa Vermelha.

► holiday

· If necessary, we will offer you the opportunity to transfer to an alternative holiday or cancel the holiday without penalty.· Cancellation by us may be necessary in exceptional circumstances and we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to cancel your holiday.· We reluctantly cancelled our holiday and we have been offered a full refund.

► meeting

· He had to cancel a meeting at Camp David, complaining of a stubborn cold and hoarse throat.· Prices were lifted after budget negotiators in Washington cancelled meetings today and delayed talks aimed at reaching a balanced-budget agreement.· If certain key individuals have still not arrived start without them or cancel the meeting.· For a moment his heart sank, as he thought she might be cancelling their meeting.

► operation

· A reset button may be used to cancel operation and a further pushbutton switch used to trigger the unit at any time.· It is desirable for the text editor to have the ability to cancel the latest operation performed.· S2 may subsequently reset the bistable and cancel operation.· The most obvious solution was simply to cancel the operation as the weather was totally unsuitable for parachuting.

► order

· The company, a maker of database software, said its customers were cancelling orders in fear of recession.· His wife on hearing of this is displeased, so to maintain matrimonial harmony, he sends a telex cancelling his order.· If they still don't arrive, you're entitled to cancel your order.

► plan

· Yasuda Fire & Marine cancelled its plans for offering 50m new shares.· Consumers were calling lenders to cancel refinancing plans, delay buying homes and seek advice on their loans.· Its 495-326 vote had the effect of curbing Mr Yeltsin's authority and cancelling his plans for an April referendum.· He was prepared to cancel his plans for civil disobedience and wanted to discuss the matter with the Viceroy.· She was certain Barbara would come, even if she had to cancel other plans.· If you have to cancel or change your plans, you may be charged a cancellation fee.

► policy

· General Accident may cancel this policy by sending seven days notice by recorded delivery to your last known address.· We can also cancel this policy straight away if you do not pay the premium or any instalment of the premium.· This does not affect your statutory rights imposed by law, which will allow you to cancel your policy within 14 days.

► project

· The company is also said to be cancelling personal computer-based projects and turning its resources elsewhere.· Growing costs and poor management, however, nearly forced then President Clinton to cancel the project in 1993.· Minnesota's Oak Park Heights Prison cancelled a telemarketing project because of fears that inmates might menace customers.

► show

· And last week they cancelled the Danny Baker show because of it.· Other stations demanded that we cancel the show in the national interest.· They can cancel those shows between 6 a. m. and 10 p. m., when children are most likely to be watching.· Last month, Mellencamp had to cancel shows in Detroit and Pittsburgh because of physical exhaustion.· So much so that for cricket internationals, they cancel the best show.

► subscription

· I seriously considered cancelling my subscription.· Subsequently we cancelled all the subscriptions.· You may also cancel your subscription at any time.· Some readers have cancelled their subscriptions because of her.· Obviously we shall have to cancel these subscriptions unless our grant is restored to the previous year's level.

► trip

· So, although it was an important meeting, I cancelled the trip.· Prominent Republicans, including Bob Dole, advised the President publicly to cancel the trip.· For one thing, she wouldn't wait for him to cancel their trip to Monpazier.· This is disappointingly high and the Shropshire Railway Society has already cancelled its proposed trip.

► visit

· She didn't blame her father for being disgruntled when she'd cancelled Anna's visit.· Mr Major, meanwhile, cancelled a scheduled visit to Manchester to watch the Test match and worked on his speech instead.· When the staff at Bloomfield criticize the Profitboss for cancelling a visit three times running, he accepts it as constructive advice.

VERB► decide

· The hospital decided to cancel the whole deal.· It was decided to cancel the Manchester landing and fly direct to Prestwick.· So why am I disturbed that Temple University decided last month to cancel a series of public radio commentaries by Abu-Jamal?· The new Kennedy administration had decided to cancel Skybolt.

► force

· But the prince was still in pain today and was forced to cancel the engagement.· Without counsel, Val was forced to cancel a due process hearing, asking it be postponed until she could get representation.