Word of the Day : December 9, 2020
rescind
撤銷；廢除；取消
verb rih-SIND
Definition
1 : to take away : remove
帶走：去除
2 a : take back, cancel
拿回：取消
b : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract
廢除（合同）並將當事方恢復到沒有合同時應佔的位置
3 : to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : repeal
通過頒布機構或上級機構的行動使之無效：廢除
Examples
"As part of that Phase I work, the board rescinded an earlier agreement to buy the old bus station at 221 W. Fourth Ave. That $109,000 will be used instead to help pay for the infrastructure work." — Byron Tate, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 30, Oct. 2020
作為第一階段工作的一部分，董事會撤銷了先前關於購買位於第四大街221 W的舊公交車站的協議，這其中的109,000美元將被用來幫助建設基礎設施工作的費用。
"After seeing the projections announced on television, Gore called Bush to concede the election. But by 3:17 a.m. Eastern, the Florida secretary of state's website showed Bush's lead shrinking to 565 votes. Gore called again to rescind his concession." — Brittny Mejia, The Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2020
看到電視上放映的節目宣布關於戈爾叫布希承認選舉。但在美國東部時間凌晨3:17，佛羅裡達州國務卿網站顯示布希將領先優勢被縮小到了565票。戈爾再次呼籲廢除他的選舉。」
Did You Know?
Rescind and the lesser-known words exscind and prescind all come from the Latin verb scindere, which means "to cut" or "to split." Rescind was adapted from its Latin predecessor rescindere in the 16th century, and prescind (from praescindere) and exscind (from exscindere) followed in the next century. Exscind means "to cut off" or "to excise," and prescind means "to withdraw one's attention," but of the three borrowings, only rescind established itself as a common English term. Today, rescind is most often heard in contexts having to do with someone rescinding a contract or an offer, or with a legislative body rescinding a law。
Rescind和鮮為人知的詞 exscind 和 prescind 都來自拉丁語動詞 scindere，意思是「to cut「割」」或「 to split 「割」」。 Rescind 被改自16世紀的拉丁文前身 rescindere，而在下個世紀跟隨了prescind（來自praescindere）和exscind（來自exscindere）。 Exscind的意思是「to cut off 「切斷」」或「to excise 「消費」」，而prescind 的意思是「 to withdraw one's attention 移出注意力」，但是在這三個借用詞中，只有rescind「廢除」才能成為通用英語術語。 今天，rescind 通常是在與某人撤銷合同或條約，或用於立法機構撤銷法律有關的情況下的。
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