cancel，call off，abolish，remove，abrogate ；

[例句] 他太累了，不得不取消一些约会。 He had to cancel some engagements because of tiredness.

[例句] 所有飞往兰州的航班都已取消，何时恢复另行通知。 All flights to Lanchow had been cancelled until further notice.

eliminate，dispel，remove，clear up，avoid ；

[例句] 风险不可能完全消除，但可以通过防范和培训来降低。 You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it.

[例句] 我们的治疗师会教你如何消除心中的忧虑。 Our therapists will show you how to clear your mind of worries.

perish，die out，annihilate，eliminate，cut the throat of ；

[例句] 广播电台声称已经消灭了87,000名“反动分子”。 The radio station claimed that 87,000 "reactionaries" had been eliminated.

[例句] 他向世界卫生组织提供资金以帮助消灭天花。 He gave money to the World Health Organisation to help defeat smallpox.

digestion，digest，assimilation ；

[例句] 消化的食物中的营养成分能够被吸收到血液中去。 Nutrients from the digested food can be absorbed into the blood.

[例句] “消化不良”是个笼统的术语，可以指各种胃部不适。 Indigestion is a catch-all term for any kind of stomach distress.

consume，use up，deplete，expend ；

[例句] 随着年龄的增加，人在消耗体力时心脏的输血能力和输血速度会有所减弱。 Age diminishes the heart's ability to pump harder and faster under exertion.

[例句] 工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。 Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.

consume，consumption ；

[例句] 诺韦洛说大学生每年在酒精饮品上会消费掉42亿美元。 Novello says college students will spend $4.2 billion yearly on alcoholic beverages.

[例句] 消费有可能超出企业的产能。 Spending could outrun the capacity of businesses to produce the goods.

[生态] consumer，customer ；

[例句] 好吧，关于生产商就讲这么多，那关于消费者呢？ Well, so much for the producers. But what of the con-sumers?

[例句] 这样的法规可以保护消费者免受有害或者危险药品的威胁。 Such laws could protect the consumer from harmful or dangerous remedies.

extinction，absorbance，matting，[纺] deluster ；

[例句] 消光剂颗粒集结在合成纤维表面附近,导致表面粗糙. Agglomerates of delusterant particles located near the surface of sythetic fibers cause asperities.

[例句] 测定了UV754分光光度计的摩尔消光系数. The molar absorptivity of UV 754 spectrophotometer was measured too.

disinfect，sterilize，degassing，eliminate the pernicious influence，antisepsis ；

[例句] 滴水板、水槽和塞孔一定要定期消毒。 Make sure the draining board, sink and plug hole are regularly disinfected.

[例句] 我们生产的绝大部分奶酪都是用巴氏消毒过的牛奶制成的。 The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk.

offset，set-off，neutralize，negative，counteract ；

[例句] 他在想，各种影响能不能相互抵消。 He wonders if the different influences might not cancel each other out.

[例句] 这些缺点抵消了他在其他方面对待员工还算开明的态度。 These weaknesses negated his otherwise progressive attitude towards the staff.

news，information，tidings，dope ；

[例句] 将会裁员160人的消息在该团体中掀起了一阵骚动。 News of 160 redundancies had sent tremors through the community.

[例句] 戴利主教说他听到红衣主教去世的消息后感到极为震惊和难过。 Bishop Daly said he was devastated by news of the Cardinal's death.

demagnetization，demagnetizing，degaussing，field discharge，degauss ；

[例句] 彩显 、 彩电消磁型, 及系列齐全的NTC产品. Caixian, color TV degaussing type, and the complete series of NTC products.

[例句] 不要把磁棒靠近信用卡,可能会使卡消磁. Don't put magnets near credit cards because it might demagnetize them.

downhearted，low-spirited，dejected，depressed，depression ；

[例句] “我要是那样做了就好了，”菲尔·乔丹说道，又像往常一样消沉起来。 "I wish I did," said Phil Jordan, relapsing into his usual gloom.

[例句] 冬季天短，有些人会变得抑郁消沉。 When the days shorten in winter some people suffer depression.

die away，fade away，vanish，elapse，die ；

[例句] 婚后几年这种兴奋感就会逐渐消逝。你等着瞧吧。 The thrill wears off after a few years of marriage. You'll see.

[例句] 看着他的生命逐渐消逝，她惊骇万分。 She watched aghast as his life flowed away.

cancel，recall，[计] undo，repeal，quash；

[例句] 我们 ( 与他们 ) 订有维修合约, 现在不能撤消. Having contracted ( with them ) to do the repairs, we cannot withdraw now.

[例句] 我们用保兑的, 不可撤消的信用证为付款条件. We insisted on payment by a confirmed, irrevocable letter of credit.

disappear，vanish，dissolve，die away，clear away ；

[例句] 但女子却拿了张千元大钞给女服务生,然后就消失无踪. But the woman handed the waitress a $ 1,000 bill and then disappeared.

wither away，die out，extinct，[地] subduction ；

[例句] 但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。 But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying.

[例句] 佛教必须适应新时代，否则将会消亡。 Buddhism had to adapt to the new world or perish.

[电] blanking，black-out，quenching，blank ；

become thin，emaciated，[医] marasmus，maransis ；

[例句] 黑格注意到了他“看上去消瘦，非常劳累”的样子。 Haig noted how he "looked pinched and rather tired".

[例句] 她是一位瘦小、沉默的女子，面容消瘦，头发稀疏。 She was a small, silent woman with pinched features and thin hair.

scatter and disappear，dissipate，[医] elimination，slake，abreaction ；

[例句] 听到这番话，欣兰感到他内心的疑虑顿时消散了。 When he heard these words, Shinran felt his inner doubts melt away.

[例句] 雾消散了,整个月亮出现了. The fog cleared away and the full moon appeared.