| 释义 |
unˈban, v. (Formerly at un-2 3.)
[un-2 3.]
trans. To remove a ban or prohibition from (a publication, person, group, etc.); to lift official restrictions on. Freq. in political contexts. So unˈbanned ppl. a.; unˈbanning vbl. n., removal of a ban.
1968Guardian 5 Sept. 9/2 Book censorship has eased since the Dail passed a law which un-bans a book after 12 years in purdah. 1979W. Mandela Let. 24 May in Observer (1985) 18 Aug. 13/7 The first thing I'll do when I'm unbanned (if I ever am) is to go to church and thank God for letting your letter reach me. 1980Guardian Weekly 10 Aug. 17/1 To some extent the recent limited spate of ‘unbannings’ by the censors might have been promoted by a dangerous impasse between writers and authorities in 1979. 1980Listener 19 June 795/1 No sooner were his [sc. Henry Miller's] books ‘unbanned’..than he came under attack as a male sexist. 1990People Weekly (U.S.) 19 Feb. 57/2 He announced that he was ‘unbanning’ the long-outlawed African National Congress and would soon free its aging leader. |