首页英语词典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"