prohibition

英 [,pr??h?'b??(?)n; pr???-] 美[,pro?'b???n]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?prohibitions;

prohibition (n.): late 14c., "act of prohibiting, a forbidding by authority," from Anglo-French and Old French prohibition (early 13c.), from Latin prohibitionem (nominative prohibitio) "a hindering, forbidding; legal prohibition," noun of action from past participle stem of prohibere "hold back, restrain, hinder, prevent," from pro- "away, forth" (see pro-) + habere "to hold" (see habit (n.)). Meaning "forced alcohol abstinence" is 1851, American English; in effect nationwide in U.S. as law 1920-1933 under the Volstead Act.
People whose youth did not coincide with the twenties never had our reverence for strong drink. Older men knew liquor before it became the symbol of a sacred cause. Kids who began drinking after 1933 take it as a matter of course. ... Drinking, we proved to ourselves our freedom as individuals and flouted Congress. We conformed to a popular type of dissent -- dissent from a minority. It was the only period during which a fellow could be smug and slopped concurrently. [A.J. Liebling, "Between Meals," 1959]
Related: Prohibitionist.

1. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.: 明年將是禁酒令廢除60周年。

4. The prohibition order meant that the book could not be sold in this country.: 這道禁令意味著該書不能在這個國家出售.

5. Prohibition of marriage within the gens except in the case of heiresses.: 禁止氏族內(nèi)部通婚,但和女繼承人結(jié)婚例外.