| 单词 | rescind |
| 释义 | rescind (once / 4513 pages) v If get a call saying a company has decided to rescind your job offer, it's back to the classifieds for you. Rescind is an official reversal. Things that are rescinded: policies, court decisions, regulations, and official statements. What all these examples have in common is that they are on the record. Also, rescind usually refers to promises instead of tangible objects. You can't rescind a shirt a friend has borrowed from you, but you can rescind your offer to loan them your jeans. WORD FAMILYrescind: recission, rescindable, rescinded, rescinding, rescinds, rescission+/rescission: rescissions USAGE EXAMPLESThe grant of power to a president implies the power to rescind it. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) After applying for more than 100 jobs, he received a dozen offers, all rescinded after background checks. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) The order was rescinded but other measures were employed that were equally lethal. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) v cancel officially Syn|Hypo|Hyper annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, reverse, revoke, vacate go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on fail to fulfill a promise or obligation cancel, strike down declare null and void; make ineffective |
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