annul

动词 v.
/əˈnʌl/    /əˈnʌl/|/əˈnɐl/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To formally revoke the validity of. transitive
    — If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type.
  2. To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid. transitive
  3. To cancel out. transitive
    — They tried to reassure me but I was not able to annul my fears.

词形变化

annuls present,singular,third-person annulling participle,present annulled participle,past annulled past

词源

From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”).
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