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a·bol·ish AHD[ə-bŏlʹĭsh] D.J.[əˈbɒlɪʃ]K.K.[əˈbɑlɪʃ]v.tr.（及物动词）a.bol.ished, a.bol.ish.ing, a.bol.ish.es - To do away with; annul.废除；废止
- To destroy completely.完全毁坏，彻底破坏
- Middle English abolisshen 中古英语 abolisshen
- from Old French abolir aboliss- 源自 古法语 abolir aboliss-
- from Latin abolēre * see al- 2源自 拉丁语 abolēre * 参见 al- 2
abolʹishable adj.（形容词）abolʹisher n.（名词）abolʹishment n.（名词）abolish, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, eradicate, obliterate- These verbs mean to get rid of.这些动词都表示除去，消除的意思。
- Abolish applies only to doing away with conditions, practices, or regulations, not material things or persons: Abolish 仅指消除状况、行为或条令，而不是物质或人： The legislature passed a law to abolish the surtax.立法机关通过了一项废除附加税的法令。
- Exterminate suggests total destruction, as of living things, by a deliberate, selective method: Exterminate 指用故意、有选择性的方式完全毁坏，如生物： Entire peoples were exterminated in the concentration camps.在集中营整个民族被迫害而灭亡。
- Extinguish means to put out a flame or something likened to a flame: Extinguish 指扑灭诸如火之类的事物： Repeated rebuffs couldn't extinguish my enthusiasm.我的热情不会因屡次的受责而减少。
- Extirpate suggests effective destruction by removing roots or entrenched causes: Extirpate 指用除去根或其他稳固的根源进行有效的破坏： The police arrested dealers in an attempt to extirpate drug abuse.在禁毒运动中警察逮捕了很多毒品交易者。
- Eradicate shares the connotations ofextirpate but stresses the resistance to dislodgment offered by the object: Eradicate 有Extirpate 的含义，但强调物体所产生的抵抗： Scientists are working to find a serum to eradicate the disease.科学家试图发现一种血清来根治消除这种疾病。
- Obliterate means to destroy so as to leave no trace: Obliterate 指不留痕迹地破坏： Amnesia mercifully obliterated his memory of the accident. 记忆丧失症幸运地抹掉了他关于那次事故的记忆
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