vt. & vi.取消；抵消〔销〕；划掉 give up or call off; balance; equal

　～ action　抵制行动
　～ an appointment　取消约会
　～ a chart　删去图表
　～ a contract　取消合同
　～ a figure　划去数字
　～ the game　取消运动会
　～ grain tax　取消粮食税
　～ many unnecessary words　删掉多余的词/cn>
　～ the picnic　取消野餐
　～ a visit　取消一次访问
　～ the whole passage　删去整个段落

～+副词

　～ out　抵消

　The post office cancels the stamps on a letter.　邮局盖戳注销信件上的邮票。
　We cancelled our appointment.　我们取消了约会。
　He cancelled his order for the goods.　他取消了货物订单。
　A bad action often cancels a good one.　坏的行为往往把好的行为抵消。
　He cancelled many unnecessary words in his manuscript.　他把他原稿上许多多余的词删掉。
　This will cancel your debt to me.　这将抵销你欠我的债。
　The game was cancelled because of the rain.　运动会因雨而取消。
　We were all disappointed to learn that the picnic had been cancelled.　我们得知这次野餐已经取消，都感到很失望。
　The whole passage could be cancelled.　整个段落都可以删去。

 ♣ cancel out　(v.+adv.)
　（使）平衡或抵消〔销〕　(cause to) balance or be equal
　〔说明〕 cancel out常不用于进行体。
　His good qualities and his faults cancel out.　他的好品质被他的缺点抵消了。
　Did the two groups actually cancel out?　这两组人的力量果真相互抵消了吗?
　The various forces to a large degree cancelled out.　在很大程度上这些不同的力互相抵消了。
　The two things are so opposed that they just cancel each other out.　这两件事是如此截然相反以致起了相互抵消的作用。
　The 8000 yuan I owed her and the 8000 yuan she owes me cancel each other out.　我过去欠她的8000元钱和她现在欠我的8000元钱互相抵销。

 ♣ cancel, abolish, do away with, omit, repeal
　参见abolish条。
 ♣ cancel, delete, erase, void
　这组词都可表示“使…无效”。它们之间的差别是：cancel指划交叉线或盖注销戳记以表示无效；erase指把记号抹掉或把录音抹掉；delete主要用于文章或印刷品，手段则多种多样；void则指法律上或权利人宣布契约、遗嘱、支票等无效。