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  • Conjugation : past  canceled ; past  cancelled ; ing  canceling ; ing  cancelling
  • Derivatives : n  canceler ; n  canceller ; adj  cancelable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

cancel ['kænsəl]
  1. 1. vt. [+meeting] [ visit] [ reservation] [ flight] 取消
  2. 2. vt. [+contract] [ order] 撤销
  3. 3. vt. [+document] 废除
  4. 4. vt. [+debt] 注销
  5. 5. vt. [+cheque] [ stamp etc] 盖销

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

cancel [ˈkænsəl]
  1. 1. vt. 取消无限期延迟
    The project had been cancelled for lack of public support.
    缺乏公众支持,该项目已被取消
    Cancel the dinner party.
    取消这次宴会吧。
  2. 2. vt. 抵消;补偿
    Her speed and determination cancels out all of her other weaknessess.
    她的速度决心弥补所有其他缺点
  3. 3. vt. 撤销,使不起作用
    All previous laws were cancelled and declared null.
    所有先前法律取消并被宣布无效
  4. 4. vt. 删除擦掉
    Please cancel my name from the database.
    请把我的名字从数据库里删除
  5. 5. vt. 盖销,使作废
    I went to the bank to cancel a check I had written.
    我去银行一张我曾开具支票作废
  6. 6. vt. [Mathematics] 约分消去
  7. 7. n.[c/u] 本位号
    There were quite a few cancel notations on the revised music sheet.
    修订过的乐谱上有不少取消批注

Collins English-English Dictionary

cancel ['kænsəl]
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] to order (something already arranged, such as a meeting or event) to be postponed indefinitely; call off
  2. 2. vb to revoke or annul
    the order for the new television set was cancelled
  3. 3. vb to delete (writing, numbers, etc); cross out
    he cancelled his name and substituted hers
  4. 4. vb to mark (a cheque, postage stamp, ticket, etc) with an official stamp or by a perforation to prevent further use
  5. 5. vb [also intr; usually foll by out] to counterbalance; make up for (a deficiency, etc)
    his generosity cancelled out his past unkindness
  6. 6. vb to close (an account) by discharging any outstanding debts
  7. 7. vb [sometimes foll by out] [accounting] to eliminate (a debit or credit) by making an offsetting entry on the opposite side of the account
  8. 8. vb [maths] to eliminate (numbers, quantities, or terms) as common factors from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction or as equal terms from opposite sides of an equation
  9. 9. vi. [intr] to be able to be eliminated in this way
  10. 10. n a new leaf or section of a book replacing a defective one, one containing errors, or one that has been omitted
  11. 11. n a less common word for cancellation
  12. 12. n a US word for natural
  13. 13. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French canceller, from Medieval Latin cancellare, from Late Latin: to strike out, make like a lattice, from Latin cancelli lattice, grating

Examples

cancel a ticket reservation
取消预定票座
they cancel each other out
他们相互抵消
Confronted with a tight budget, the company had to cancel their banquet and hold a small party instead.
面对这样紧张的预算,公司不得不取消宴会,只举办一个小型聚会。
The heavy workload forced me to cancel playing golf.
繁重的工作量迫使我取消打高尔夫。
There were quite a few cancel notations on the revised music sheet.
修订过的乐谱上有不少取消的批注。
I went to the bank to cancel a check I had written.
我去银行把一张我曾开具的支票作废。

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