disallowance

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance. countable,uncountable
    — The currently advocated Family Protection Act, which thinly veneers its discriminatory attitudes about strict social conformity and the 'disallowance of individual choice with a stated concern for today's social fabric.
  2. A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the British monarch disallowing colonial legislation. countable,uncountable

词形变化

disallowances plural

词汇关系

相关词
allow allowance -ance dis- disallow

词源

From dis- + allowance and disallow + -ance; may be analyzed as dis- + allow + -ance.
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