cancel是什么意思

cancel

英 ['k?ns(?)l] 美 ['k?nsl]

cancel 刪除

來(lái)自拉丁詞carcer拼寫(xiě)變體。原指監(jiān)獄，圍欄，后指組成圍欄的斜柵，形如字母X，因而引申詞義刪除。見(jiàn)incarcerate，最終來(lái)自PIE *sker, 圍，彎，詞源同ring, curve.

cancel: cancel: see chancellor
cancel (v.): late 14c., "cross out with lines," from Anglo-French canceler, from Latin cancellare "to make resemble a lattice," which in Late Latin took on a sense "cross out something written" by marking it with crossed lines, from cancelli, plural of cancellus "lattice, grating," diminutive of cancer "crossed bars, lattice," a variant of carcer "prison" (see incarceration). Figurative use, "to nullify an obligation" is from mid-15c. Related: Canceled (also cancelled); cancelling.

1. He wonders if the different influences might not cancel each other out.: 他在想，各種影響能不能相互抵消。

2. He had to cancel some engagements because of tiredness.: 他太累了，不得不取消一些約會(huì)。

3. The band was forced to cancel a string of live dates.: 樂(lè)隊(duì)被迫取消了一系列的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)表演。

4. You may cancel or rearrange the appointment.: 你可以取消約會(huì)或是重新安排約會(huì)時(shí)間。

5. The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances.: 本公司保留在一定條件下取消這項(xiàng)協(xié)議的權(quán)利。