| 单词 | cancel |
| 释义 | cancel —cancelable; esp. Brit., cancellable, adj. —canceler; esp. Brit., canceller, n. /kan"seuhl/, v. , canceled, canceling or (esp. Brit.) cancelled, cancelling, n. v.t. 1. to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation. 2. to decide or announce that a planned event will not take place; call off: to cancel a meeting. 3. to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse. 4. to neutralize; counterbalance; compensate for: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark. 5. Accounting. a. to close (an account) by crediting or paying all outstanding charges: He plans to cancel his account at the department store. b. to eliminate or offset (a debit, credit, etc.) with an entry for an equal amount on the opposite side of a ledger, as when a payment is received on a debt. 6. Math. to eliminate by striking out a factor common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, equivalent terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc. 7. to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item. 8. Print. to omit. v.i. 9. to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized (often fol. by out): The pros and cons cancel out. 10. Math. (of factors common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, certain terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc.) to be equivalent; to allow cancellation. n. 11. an act of canceling. 12. Print. , Bookbinding. a. omission. b. a replacement for an omitted part. [1350-1400; ME cancellen < ML cancellare to cross out, L: to make like a lattice, deriv. of cancelli grating, pl. of cancellus; see CANCELLUS] Syn. 1. countermand, rescind. 3, 7. CANCEL, DELETE, ERASE, OBLITERATE indicate that something is no longer to be considered usable or in force. To CANCEL is to cross something out by stamping a mark over it, drawing lines through it, or the like: to cancel a stamp, a word. To DELETE is to cross something out from written matter or from matter to be printed, often in accordance with a printer's or proofreader's symbol indicating the material is to be omitted: to delete part of a line. To ERASE is to remove by scraping or rubbing: to erase a capital letter. To OBLITERATE is to blot out entirely, so as to remove all sign or trace of: to obliterate a record. |
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