cancel out
If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
He wonders if the different influences might not cancel each other out.
他想知道不同的影响会不会相互抵消。
cancels , cancelling , cancelled
If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
The Russian foreign minister yesterday cancelled his visit to Washington.
俄外交部长昨天取消了对华盛顿的访问。
Many trains have been cancelled and a limited service is operating on other lines.
许多列车都被取消了,在其他线路上运行的班次也很有限。
The customer called to cancel.
顾客打电话来取消了。
If someone in authority cancels a document, an insurance policy, or a debt, they officially declare that it is no longer valid or no longer legally exists.
He intends to try to leave the country, in spite of a government order cancelling his passport.
尽管政府已下令吊销他的护照,但他还是试图要离开这个国家。
To cancel a stamp or a cheque means to mark it to show that it has already been used and cannot be used again.
The new device can also cancel the cheque after the transaction is complete.
这种新设备还能在交易结束后将支票注销。