单词 | prohibition |
释义 | prohibition (proʊɪbɪʃən ) Word forms: prohibitions 1. countable noun A prohibition is a law or rule forbidding something. ...a prohibition on discrimination. [+ on] ...prohibitions against feeding birds at the airport. [+ against] 2. See also prohibit Prohibition uncountable noun In the United States, Prohibition was the law that prevented the manufacture, sale, and transporting of alcoholic drinks between 1919 and 1933. Prohibition also refers to the period when this law existed. Prohibition was in its eighth year and was a spectacular failure. Collocations: blanket prohibition A call for a blanket prohibition on voicemail has gained an impassioned following among millennials. Times, Sunday Times A blanket prohibition on trade-union activity was therefore unjustifiable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But such an investigation of possibilities of review or translation must be made on a case-by-case basis, rather than a blanket prohibition without conducting such an analysis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet attacks on these blanket prohibitions levied by excluded felon jurors have failed consistently. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Attempting to minimize this potential liability in the past, resort managers typically enacted blanket prohibitions on backcountry access via their boundaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The extremism on both sides grew and the support grew for a statutory prohibition of their activities in the 1980s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As crime became a national issue, and as the older common law was replaced by stricter statutory prohibitions, local control became attenuated and symbolic politics prevailed. The Times Literary Supplement Fiddling with tax brackets, interest-rate hikes, new departmental guidance, statutory prohibitions ... and, all the while, on the other side of the dashboard, no wires, no levers, nothing. Times, Sunday Times General common law prohibitions against interfering with the free public market are strengthened by statutory prohibitions against various forms of market misconduct. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They generally favored the use of government power to improve public morality favoring, for instance, strict prohibition, banning cigarettes, and restricting dancing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ward was known for his strict enforcement of saloon regulations, which he considered a better alternative than strict prohibition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the pedestrian heaven was reopened new rules were put in place, such as a strict prohibition on standing in the street or dancing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No raising agent may be used due to the strict prohibition of even the appearance of a leavening effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some news outlets insist that anonymous sources are the only way to obtain certain information, while others hold strict prohibitions against the use of unnamed sources at all times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A person who acts this way violates the prohibition against bearing a grudge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Violating this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Penalties for violating a prohibition are mild, and many adults do not know what the prohibitions are until a diviner diagnoses the cause of a misfortune. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 禁令 Japanese: 禁止法 |
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