annul

英语

词源

源自古法语 anuller ← 拉丁语 annullō (“消除，废除”)，ad (“到”) + nūllus (“无”)。

发音

• 韵部：-ʌl
• 国际音标^(帮助)：/əˈnʌl/
• 同音词：Anal

动词

annul (第三人称单数简单现在时 annuls，现在分词 annulling，一般过去时及过去分词 annulled)

1. 〈及物〉 废除，取消
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture 2:

     If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type.

2. 〈及物〉 解除婚姻关系

派生词

• annulment

相关词汇

• (废除, 取消)： make / render null and void, null, nullify
• (解除婚姻关系)： dissolve

参考资料

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “annul”, 《在线词源词典》（Online Etymology Dictionary）

异序词

• Luann