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To revoke is to say, with official power, that a law, a decision, or an agreement is no longer in force.
with official power用官方權力 revoke is to say revoke 就是宣布 that a law, a decision, or an agreement某條法律、決定或協議 is no longer in force不再有效。
A government revokes a permit. A university revokes an offer. A parent, in a slightly stretched, half-joking way, might “revoke” a privilege at home — though actually the serious home of the word is law, licences, and institutions.
A government revokes政府會 revoke（撤銷） a permit許可證。A university revokes大學會 revoke an offer入學（或聘用）通知。A parent家長, in a slightly stretched, half-joking way用有點誇張、半開玩笑的說法, might "revoke" a privilege at home可能會在家「revoke」某個特權 — though actually不過其實 the serious home of the word is law, licences, and institutions這個字認真使用的場合是法律、執照和機構。
It comes from Latin “to call back”: the rule is called back.
It comes from Latin這個字源自拉丁文 "to call back"「叫回來」: the rule is called back規則被叫回去了。
In card games, revoke has another life (not playing the suit you should), but that is a different corner of English; this entry is the official taking-back. There is a rare twin, revocate, from the same Latin verb; you can ignore it.
In card games在紙牌遊戲裡, revoke has another life revoke 還有另一個意思 (not playing the suit you should)（該出某個花色卻沒出）, but that is a different corner of English不過那是英文的另一個角落; this entry is the official taking-back這個條目講的是官方的撤銷。There is a rare twin還有一個很少見的雙胞胎字, revocate revocate, from the same Latin verb來自同一個拉丁動詞; you can ignore it你可以不管它。
組成Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare: re- + vocare “to call.” Doublet of the rare word revocate.
同家族的字
- revocationthe noun: the act of doing this
- invokefrom the same Latin “call”: to call a law or help into use
- evokefrom the same Latin “call”: to call a feeling or image up
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
revokeverb/ɹɪˈvoʊk/
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To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
- Your driver's license will be revoked.
- I hereby revoke all former wills.
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To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.
- They had just sat down at the bridge table, and Mrs Lackersteen had just revoked out of pure nervousness, when there was a heavy thump on the roof.
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obsoleteTo call or bring back.
- So well he did his busie paines apply, That the faint sprite he did reuoke againe, To her fraile mansion of mortality.
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obsoleteTo hold back.
- Yet she with pitthy words and counsell sad, Still stroue their stubborne rages to reuoke,
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obsoleteTo move (something) back or away.
- A flaming fire, ymixt with smouldry smoke, And stinking Sulphure, that with griesly hate And dreadfull horror did all entraunce choke, Enforced them their forward footing to reuoke.
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obsoleteTo call back to mind.
- late 1600s-early 1700s, Robert South, Sermon on Proverbs 18.14 in Sermons Preached on Several Occasions, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1823, p. 132, A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoirs to his conscience.
revokenoun/ɹɪˈvoʊk/
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The act of revoking in a game of cards.
- Employ two revokes, two trumpings of your partner's best card and two ignorings of a call — all in the same hand!
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A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid.
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A violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。