今日の単語 rescind
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１．今日は rescind を学びます。re がついているので、「戻す」「なかったことにする」などのニュアンスがあると推測できますね。では例文を探してみましょう。
The San Francisco school board on Tuesday voted unanimously to rescind its controversial approval of a renaming process that fueled anger, litigation and even a recall campaign. (from San Francisco Examiner)
President Joe Biden should rescind a dangerous and unconstitutional Executive Order issued by President Trump that continues to threaten internet users’ ability to obtain accurate and truthful information online, six organizations wrote in a letter sent to the president on Wednesday. (from Electronic Frontier Foundation)
２．けっこう想像しやすかったですね。では、英英辞典を見てみましょう。
to make a law, agreement, order, or decision no longer have any legal power
to officially end a law, take back a decision, or say that an agreement no longer exists
３．日本語でも確認しましょう。ちょっとカタイ表現ですね。
（法定、命令、注文などを）取り消す、撤回する
（法令などを）廃止する、破棄する、無効にする
（特権、資格、称号などを）はく奪する、取り去る
４．類義語がたくさんありそうです。あくまでも類義語ですので使える場面やニュアンスは異なりますので、興味のある単語があったらさらに辞書をひくことをおすすめします。類義語に出てくる単語群のなかで知っている単語が増えると自分の語彙が増えていることを実感できると思います。
abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, dismantle, invalidate, lift, overturn, quash, renege, repeal, retract, reverse, revoke, set aside, void, etc.
５．どんな場面で使えるかをほかの例文を通してつかんでおきましょう。
The labor union demanded that the company rescind its decision to dismiss several members.
Mask mandate will not be rescinded in Phoenix - Officials with the City of Phoenix say the city’s mask mandate, which was implemented in June 2020, will remain in place, despite Gov. Ducey’s executive order that requires locale entities to rescind such rules. Meanwhile, mask-related conflicts are still taking place in the city. FOX 10’s Matt Galka reports. (from FOX 10 News)
Onondaga County rescinds energy tax, saving households about $6 a month (from syracuse.com)
今日の単語は
rescind 撤回する、取り消す
でした