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cancel

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can·cel /ˈkænsəl/ ●●● S2 verb (cancelled, cancelling British EnglishBrE, canceled, canceling American EnglishAmE)
1  [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to decide that something that was officially planned will not happen 取消〔正式安排的事情〕
Our flight was cancelled.
我們的航班取消了。
I’m afraid I’ll have to cancel our meeting tomorrow.
恐怕我得取消我們明天的會議。
You’ll just have to ring John and cancel.
你只能打電話給約翰取消了。
n Register
In everyday English, people often say call something off rather than cancel something:
We’ll just have to cancel. → We’ll just have to call it off.
2  CANCEL[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to end an agreement or arrangement that you have with someone 取消〔協議或安排〕
I phoned the hotel to cancel my reservation.
我打電話給酒店取消了預訂。
The bank agreed to cancel all the company’s debts.
銀行同意免除這家公司的所有債務。
3  [transitiveT] to say officially that a document can no longer be used or no longer has any legal effect 撤銷，廢除〔文件〕
I phoned the bank to cancel the cheque.
我打電話給銀行，注銷了這張支票。
4 cancel something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v EQUALif two things cancel each other out, they are equally important and have an opposite effect to each other, so that neither one has any effect 抵消 → negate
The losses in our overseas division have cancelled out the profits made in the home market.
我們海外分部的虧損抵消了國内市場的盈利。
Examples from the Corpus
cancel out• It also has the great advantage that many of the infinities that arise in quantum theory cancel each other out.• Since the 1970s, the world had been dominated by two problems which, ironically, tended to cancel each other out.• Superposition is of the essence of waves, which can be added together to reinforce or cancel each other out.• The two William Wilsons cancelled each other out, and that was all.• These two effects cancel each other out at an altitude of about 25 kilometres.• The two sides of the equation should cancel each other out into unity.• These interfere with each other, cancelling each other out or reinforcing each other to produce bigger waves.• This means that their spins are guaranteed to cancel each other out to give a total spin of zero.
 THESAURUS
cancel to decide that something that was officially planned will not happen 取消〔正式安排的事情〕
The teacher was ill so classes were cancelled for the day.
老師生病，所以這天的課就取消了。
I was feeling better so I cancelled my doctor’s appointment.
我感覺好些了，所以就取消了看病預約。
They were forced to cancel the concert when the conductor became ill.
指揮生病，他們被迫取消了音樂會。
call off to cancel a meeting, game, or event that you have organized. Call off is less formal than cancel and is very commonly used in everyday English 取消〔已經籌劃好的會議、比賽或事件。call off不如cancel正式，常用於日常英語〕
Linda decided to call the wedding off.
琳達決定取消婚禮。
The game was called off due to heavy rain.
比賽因爲大雨取消了。
be off if an event or activity is off, it has been cancelled because of a sudden problem or change in someone’s plans 〔事件或活動因突發問題或某人計劃有變而〕被取消
I’m afraid the party’s off. Nick won’t let us use his apartment.
不好意思，聚會取消了，尼克不讓我們借用他的公寓。
Myers called me yesterday to tell me that the deal was off.
邁爾斯昨天來電告訴我這筆交易取消了。
postpone to decide to do something at a later time, instead of the time that was officially planned 推遲，延期
The show has been postponed until next Saturday.
演出推遲到下周六了。
shelve (also put something on ice) to decide not to continue with a plan, project etc although it may be considered again at some time in the future 擱置〔計劃、項目等〕
Plans for a new stadium have been shelved for now.
修建新體育館的計劃暫時擱置起來了。
The project had to be put on ice due to lack of funding.
那項目因爲缺少資金被擱置了。
nBlears called for the discussions to be put on ice until after the elections.
annul formal to officially decide that a marriage, result, or agreement has no legal authority and is therefore cancelled 宣告〔婚姻、結果或協議〕無效
The election results were annulled by the courts.
競選結果被法庭宣布無效。
A marriage can be annulled if there has been lack of consent.
如果並非雙方自願,婚姻可以被宣布無效。
Examples from the Corpus
cancel• Waiting lists started to lengthen as operations were cancelled.• We spent hours on the phone Thursday evening working through the guest-list to tell people the party was cancelled.• The comedy was canceled after just four episodes.• But the changes eventually could cancel almost a dozen station construction flights aboard the shuttle and several additional components.• The project had been cancelled by Labour for lack of public funds.• a canceled check• Hamilton said that, depending on how the students fared emotionally Tuesday morning, he might cancel classes in the afternoon.• Classes were canceled for the day.• I forgot to cancel my doctor's appointment.• And she had been pretty on that slab, all the influences of birth and upbringing cancelled out.• They were forced to cancel the concert when the conductor became ill.• I called and canceled the order.
From Longman Business Dictionary
cancelcan·cel /ˈkænsəl/ verb (cancelled, cancelling British EnglishBrE, canceled, canceling American EnglishAmE) [transitiveT]
1to arrange that a planned activity or event will not now happen
Airport security has been increased but there is no intention of cancelling flights.
Because of the takeover moves the meeting was cancelled.
Some airlines have been forced to cancel orders.
2LAWto end an agreement or arrangement that exists in law
You can suspend or even cancel your contract for the period you are away.
3LAW to draw lines across a document so that it no longer has any legal effect
→ cancel something → out
Origin cancel
(1300-1400) French canceller “to cross out”, from Latin cancellare “to make like a frame of crossed bars”, from cancer “frame of crossed bars”, from carcer “prison”

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