nullify — 英語辞典

動詞

1. To make legally invalid.

   用法

   • 他動詞

   同義語

   cancelvoidquash

   例文

   Near-synonyms: cancel, void, quash

   The contract has been nullified.

   その他の例文 (2)

   [T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.

   Lesbians for Justice therefore appeals to the organizers of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival to nullify its "womyn-born-womyn only" policy, and to allow the attendance of post-operative male-to-female transsexuals at all future festivals.

2. To prevent from happening.

3. To make of no use or value; to cancel out.

   例文

   The persuasion that a thing is impossible, at once nullifies endeavour, and like the Turkish "it is fate," torporises activity and exertion.

   その他の例文 (1)

   Blowproof water has given the Navy the weapon it needed to fight fires with helicopters. Previously, the downwash from the rotor blades blew the foam, or whatever agent was being used, off the fire, nullifying its effect.

   It nullifies the night / from overkill

動詞

1. declare invalid

   同義語

   invalidateannulquashvoidavoid

   上位語

   cancelstrike down

   例文

   The contract was annulled

   void a plea

2. show to be invalid

   同義語

   invalidate

   上位語

   negatecontradict

3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

   同義語

   neutralizeneutralisenegate

   上位語

   weaken

   例文

   Her optimism neutralizes his gloom

   This action will negate the effect of my efforts