abolish

英 [ə\"bɒlɪʃ] 美 [ə\"bɑlɪʃ]

• 翻译

  vt. 废除，废止；取消，革除

英 [ə\"bɒlɪʃ]||||||美 [ə\"bɑlɪʃ]

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vt. 废除，废止；取消，革除

abolish 废除

前缀ab-, 离开，非。词根ol,生长，滋养，同old, adult.

abolish (v.)

mid-15c., from Middle French

aboliss-

, present participle stem of

abolir

\\\\\\\"to abolish\\\\\\\" (15c.), from Latin

abolere

\\\\\\\"destroy, cause to die out, retard the growth of,\\\\\\\" perhaps from

ab-

\\\\\\\"from\\\\\\\" (see ab-) +

adolere

\\\\\\\"to grow,\\\\\\\" from PIE

*ol-eye-

, causative of root

*al-

(3) \\\\\\\"to grow, nourish\\\\\\\" (see old),a,n,dperhaps formed as an antonym to

adolere

. But the Latin word rather could be from a root in common with Greek

ollymi

,

apollymi

\\\\\\\"destroy.\\\\\\\" Tucker writes that there has been a confusion of forms in Latin, based on similar roots, one meaning \\\\\\\"to grow,\\\\\\\" the other \\\\\\\"to destroy.\\\\\\\" Application to personsa,n,dconcrete objects has long been obsolete. Related:

Abolished

;

abolishing

.

1. ab- \\\\\\\"away\\\\\\\" + ol- \\\\\\\"grow, nourish\\\\\\\" + -ish.
2. 字面含义：不让其继续生长、滋生，引申为：取消、废除。
3. 谐音“额剥离兮”，我将不好的东西剥离掉，也就是：取消、废除不好的东西。