首页prohibitionprohibition英英释意
prohibition
英 [,prəʊhɪ'bɪʃ(ə)n; prəʊɪ-]
美[,proə'bɪʃən]
- n. 禁止；禁令；禁酒；诉讼中止令
英英释意
- 1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages;
- "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
- 2. a decree that prohibits something
- 3. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
- 4. refusal to approve or assent to
- 5. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof);
- "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"
- "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"
- "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"