abolish
verb [ T ] uk/??b?l.??/ us/??bɑ?.l??/
B2 废除，废止
to end an activity or custom officially
I think bullfighting should be abolished. 我认为斗牛应该废止。
National Service was abolished in the UK in 1962. 英国的国民兵役制度于1962年废止。
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- The government ought to abolish the tax altogether.
- The government is planning to abolish subsidies to farmers.
- Is monarchy relevant in the modern world or should it be abolished?
- In Britain, national service was abolished in 1962.
- Gradually the laws that underpinned apartheid were abolished.
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