"quash" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 廢止
• 鎮壓

Definition

正式地停止或否決某事，特別是法律裁決；也指迅速結束或鎮壓某事（如謠言或抗議）。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於正式和法律場合，常指撤銷法院裁決（如“quash a conviction”），也用於鎮壓消息或抗議。不用於身體壓扁（那用“squash”）。口語中少用。

Examples

The judge decided to quash the previous ruling.

法官決定**廢止**先前的判決。

Rumors spread quickly and are hard to quash.

謠言傳播很快，很難**鎮壓**。

The government tried to quash the protest.

政府試圖**鎮壓**抗議。

His lawyer managed to quash the charges in court.

他的律師在法庭上成功**廢止**了指控。

They released a statement to quash all the speculation.

他們發布聲明以**鎮壓**所有猜測。

No matter what he says, you can't quash people's curiosity.

無論他說什麼，你都無法**鎮壓**人們的好奇心。