詞彙精選：cancel的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
取消，撤消，註銷
例句：
Some screens only have cancel buttons, with no instructions on how to move forward.
有些屏幕只有取消按鈕，而沒有提示如何進一步操作。
例句：
You can see the “cancel” link next to it, in plain text.
你可以看到 “取消”鏈接以純文本方式放在它的旁邊。
【數】（相）約，（相）消
v.
取消，撤銷，終止 [T]
例句：
We cancelled our appointment.
我們取消了約會。
例句：
The game was cancelled because of the rain.
比賽因爲下雨而取消了。
抵消，中和，償還 [T]
例句：
Her kindness and generosity cancel out her occasional flashes of temper.
她爲人厚道、慷慨大方，倒也彌補了她偶爾發點兒脾氣。
例句：
The money I owed him and that he owes me cancel each other out.
我過去欠他的錢與他現在欠我的錢恰好相互抵消。
廢除，廢止，免除 [I,T]
例句：
The US has agreed to cancel debts totalling $10 million.
美國已同意免除總額爲1000萬元的稅。
例句：
She learned her insurance had been canceled by Pacific Mutual Insurance Company.
她得知自己的保險已經被太平洋互助保險公司中止了。
刪去，劃掉 [T]
例句：
You should cancel this preposition in the sentence.
你應該刪去句子中的這個介詞。
例句：
He cancelled many unnecessary words in his manuscript.
他把他原稿上許多不需要的字刪去。
蓋銷，註銷 [T]
例句：
Could you cancel some stamps sticking on the postcards for me too?
你還能給我蓋銷一些貼在明信片上的郵票嗎？
例句：
The post office cancels the stamps on a letter.
郵局蓋戳註銷信件上的郵票。
【數】約去，消去 [I,T]
例句：
These two figures cancel each other.
這兩數彼此對消。
例句：
Eight and twenty cancel by four.
8和20的公約數是4。
二、詞義辨析：
abolish,cancel,repeal
這些動詞均含“取消、廢除”之意abolish正式用詞，指徹底廢除某種制度、規章或習俗。cancel用法廣泛，多指取消債務、合同、證書、比賽、旅行、計劃或約會等。repeal書面用詞，指撤銷立法機關通過的協議、法案或法律等。
三、相關短語：
cancel out
取消,抵消,約去,相等相互抵消，消除影響
四、參考例句：
Cancel an internal meeting
取消一次內部會議？
The customer called to cancel.
顧客打電話來取消了。
I propose that we cancel the negotiation.
我建議我們取消談判。
These two figures cancel each other.
這兩數彼此對消。
Please cancel the words which are useless.
請把無用的詞劃掉。
You may cancel or rearrange the appointment.
你可以取消約會或是重新安排約會時間。
Eight and twenty cancel by four.
8和20的公約數是4。
Her virtues cancel out her weaknesses.
她的優點抵銷了她的缺點。
Don't cancel those significant figures.
不要刪除那些有效數據。
The US has agreed to cancel debts totalling $10 million.
美國已同意免除總額爲1000萬元的稅。
