官方把它歸零
歸零的動作由法院或官方做出,對象是文件或結果。
verb · C2
To state officially that something such as a contract, a vote or a result has no legal force, so that in law it no longer counts.
宣告無效(法律)
A good picture for this word is a number being set back to zero. Something had force or value a moment ago, and then a stroke of a pen, or a change somewhere else, leaves it at nothing. The word does not say the thing disappeared; the paper is still on the desk and the money is still in the bank. What has gone is the counting: it no longer adds up to anything.
The word is null plus -ify, that is, to make something null — to make it zero. The zero in the root is why the word is so total: nullify is not to weaken something, it is to leave it counting for nothing.
這個字是 null 加上 -ify,也就是「使它變成 null」,變成零。字根裡那個「零」,正好解釋了它為什麼那麼徹底:nullify 不是把東西削弱,而是讓它一點都不算數。
Wiktionary etymology in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:39660147:28259): From null + -ify.
Two branches
官方把它歸零
歸零的動作由法院或官方做出,對象是文件或結果。
verb · C2
To state officially that something such as a contract, a vote or a result has no legal force, so that in law it no longer counts.
宣告無效(法律)
另一股力量把它吃掉
同樣是歸零,但沒有人宣告,是另一邊的力量把這一邊抵銷掉。
verb · C1
To take away the effect, the value or the good result of something, so that it counts for nothing.
抵銷;使失去效果