| 单词 | quash |
| 释义 | quash (once / 6641 pages) 1v 2v 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. 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. WORD FAMILYquash: quashed, quashes, quashing USAGE EXAMPLESShe also decides that “with uncharacteristic reservation and scruples that I quash any details” of their first weekend together. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) The state tried to quash the argument outright. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The City Attorney’s Office wants to quash the subpoenas, and a hearing on that is scheduled next month. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1 v declare invalid 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, void formalise, formalize, validate declare or make legally valid break invalidate by judicial action stetprinting: cancel, as of a correction or deletion cancel, strike down declare null and void; make ineffective v put down by force or intimidation The government quashes any attempt of an uprising Syn|Hyper keep down, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate crush, oppress, suppress come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority |
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