| 单词 | cancel |
| 释义 | cancel cancel // verb (-ll-, AmE -l-)
1 [+ obj] to decide that sth that has been planned or arranged will not happen: The meeting has been cancelled. All flights have been cancelled because of the bad weather. The government has cancelled plans to build two new hospitals. See note at POSTPONE
2 (Law ) [+ obj or no obj] to say that you no longer want to continue with an agreement, especially one that has been legally arranged: If the goods don't arrive on time, you can cancel the order. The US has agreed to cancel debts (= say that they no longer need to be paid) totalling $10 million. You may cancel the agreement on 30 days' written notice. The contract does not give you the right to cancel.
3 [+ obj] to mark a ticket, a cheque or an official document in order to show that it has been used or that it must not be used; to stop using these items: The media group will buy back and cancel 33 million shares. The cancelled cheque is proof that the payment was made.
4 [+ obj] If you cancel a cheque, you stop it being paid: I realized the deal was a scam (= a trick for making money) so I phoned the bank and cancelled the cheque. SYN STOP
5 [+ obj] to stop an instruction to a machine, especially a computer: If you are loading a page you don't want, you can click on STOP to cancel the instruction. |
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