revocable
revocable — 形容詞
- revocablepositive
- more revocablecomparative
- most revocablesuperlative
1. If a legal document, contract, offer, or permission is revocable, the person who
可撤銷
可由當事人取消或撤回的
If a legal document, contract, offer, or permission is revocable, the person who created it has the right to cancel it or take back its effect — usually before it is fully completed or carried out.
The contract included a clause saying the offer was revocable before the buyer accepted it in writing.
合約中有一項條款指出，在買方書面接受之前，該報價是可撤銷的。
predicative use: be + revocable
Indra's lawyer explained that an unsigned agreement is more revocable than one that has been signed.
Indra 的律師解釋說，未簽署的協議比已經簽署的更容易撤銷。
comparative: more revocable + than
Under the new rules, temporary work permits are revocable if the holder breaks immigration law.
根據新規定，臨時工作許可證若持有人違反移民法，便可予以撤銷。
Gabriel set up a revocable trust so that he could adjust the terms later without going to court.
Gabriel 設立了一份可撤銷信託，這樣他日後無須上法院就能調整條款。
- cancelable
less formal, broader use beyond legal documents
- voidable
more specific to law; refers to contracts that one party can invalidate
- reversible
wider scope; can apply to actions, processes, or decisions, not just legal instruments
- irrevocable
direct opposite; cannot be cancelled or undone
- binding
legally enforceable and cannot be unilaterally cancelled
文法句型
revocable + noun (e.g. revocable trust)
be + revocable (e.g. the offer is revocable)
用法筆記
Common in legal writing and formal documents. The opposite is irrevocable. Can appear before a noun (attributive — a revocable trust) or after a linking verb (predicative — the offer is revocable). The same word is used for both positions.