annul

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++an·nul /əˈnʌl/ verb (annulled, annulling) [transitive]  DIVORCEto officially state that a marriage or legal agreement no longer exists 终止，废止，取消〔婚姻关系或契约〕 Their marriage was annulled last year. 他们的婚姻关系去年宣告解除。► see thesaurus at canceln Grammar Annul is often passive. —annulment noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

annul• If the tribunal upholds the appeal, then last Sunday's race, won by Senna, would be annulled.• A military junta had just overthrown the constitutional government and annulled a recently held presidential election.• They were married in 1930 and the marriage was annulled in 1933.• A non-Catholic who is married to a non-Catholic can have that marriage annulled in order to be baptized and marry a Catholic.• Three days after the poll, Gen Noriega annulled the elections.• A constitutional court could not have prevented dictatorship by annulling the law.From Longman Business Dictionaryannulan‧nul /əˈnʌl/ verb [transitive] LAW to officially state that an official decision or a contract is no longer validThey are seeking to have the bankruptcy order annulled.→ See Verb tableOrigin annul (1300-1400) Old French annuller, from Late Latin annullare, from Latin ad- “to” + nullus “not any”

an·nul verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

that state no legal or agreement to Business marriage officially Corpus a

annul
an‧nul /əˈnʌl/ verb (past tense and past participle annulled, present participle annulling) [transitive often passive]to officially state that a marriage or legal agreement no longer exists:
    Their marriage was annulled last year.
—annulment noun [uncountable and countable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ cancel to decide that something that was officially planned will not happen: The teacher was ill so classes were cancelled for the day. | I was feeling better so I cancelled my doctor’s appointment. | They were forced to cancel the concert when the conductor became ill.
   ▪ call off to cancel a meeting, game, or event that you have organized. Call off is less formal than cancel and is very commonly used in everyday English: Linda decided to call the wedding off. | The game was called off due to heavy rain.
   ▪ be off if an event or activity is off, it has been cancelled because of a sudden problem or change in someone’s plans: I’m afraid the party’s off. Nick won’t let us use his apartment. | Myers called me yesterday to tell me that the deal was off.
   ▪ postpone to decide to do something at a later time, instead of the time that was officially planned: The show has been postponed until next Saturday.
   ▪ shelve (also put something on ice) to decide not to continue with a plan, project etc although it may be considered again at some time in the future: Plans for a new stadium have been shelved for now. | The project had to be put on ice due to lack of funding. | Blears called for the discussions to be put on ice until after the elections.
   ▪ annul formal to officially decide that a marriage, result, or agreement has no legal authority and is therefore cancelled: The election results were annulled by the courts. | A marriage can be annulled if there has been lack of consent.

annulBrE /əˈnʌl/ 🔊NAmE /əˈnʌl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they annul BrE /əˈnʌl/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈnʌl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it annuls BrE /əˈnʌlz/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈnʌlz/ 🔊past simple annulled BrE /əˈnʌld/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈnʌld/ 🔊past participle annulled BrE /əˈnʌld/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈnʌld/ 🔊 -ing form annulling BrE /əˈnʌlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈnʌlɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to state officially that sth is no longer legally valid 废除；取消；宣告无效◆Their marriage was annulled after just six months. 他们的婚姻仅过半年就宣告取消。🔊🔊▸ an·nul·ment BrE /əˈnʌlmənt/ 🔊NAmE /əˈnʌlmənt/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable]