revoke

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Related topics: Government, Law

PGSCLto officially state that a law, decision, or agreement is no longer effective 废除，取消〔法律、决定或协议〕 → revocation

Their work permits have been revoked.

他们的工作许可证被吊销了。

Examples from the Corpus

revoke• The Licensing Authority, however, proposed on July 17,1992, that licences for both dosages be revoked.• It will do this by lining them, piping water underground and, in extreme cases, revoking abstraction licences.• One hundred years later, the falsification could be revoked because of new developments in optics.• Bradley knew, because he had wired Crook asking to have the order revoked before Crazy Horse arrived.• An executive order to revoke federal contracts of businesses that hire illegal workers.• His license was revoked for selling alcohol to minors.• A testator can revoke his will at any time during his life.• Even though the means to the end have been revoked, mortality still is with us.• But instead of levying fines, prosecuting plant officials or revoking their licenses, the agency only wrote threatening letters to trustees.

From Longman Business Dictionary

revokere·voke /rɪˈvəʊk-ˈvoʊk/ verb [transitiveT]LAW

to officially state that a law, official document, agreement etc is no longer effective

We had no alternative but to revoke the contract.

—revocable adjectiveadj

Four events are mentioned that make the agreement revocable.

—revocation noun [countableC, uncountableU]

She faces revocation of her licence.

Origin revoke

(1300-1400) Old French revoquer, from Latin revocare “to call back”

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