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单词 Prohibitionist
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Definition of Prohibitionist in English:

Prohibitionist

nounprəʊhɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nɪstˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)nəst
  • See prohibition

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These laws were justified by an unholy alliance of liquor wholesalers, bricks-and-mortar retailers, and Prohibitionists as being necessary to keep booze out of the hands of minors.
    • Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists.
    • Finally, the most ardent Prohibitionists are starting to suffer for their zealotry.
    • ‘Mother’ was an unyielding moralist, a militant Prohibitionist, a staunch defender of the Sunday blue laws, and a devoted churchgoer opposed to the theory of evolution, to Italian opera, and to nude statues.
    • It almost makes one think that the Prohibitionists had it right.
 
 

Definition of Prohibitionist in US English:

Prohibitionist

nounˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)nəstˌprō(h)əˈbiSH(ə)nəst
  • See prohibition

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These laws were justified by an unholy alliance of liquor wholesalers, bricks-and-mortar retailers, and Prohibitionists as being necessary to keep booze out of the hands of minors.
    • ‘Mother’ was an unyielding moralist, a militant Prohibitionist, a staunch defender of the Sunday blue laws, and a devoted churchgoer opposed to the theory of evolution, to Italian opera, and to nude statues.
    • Finally, the most ardent Prohibitionists are starting to suffer for their zealotry.
    • Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists.
    • It almost makes one think that the Prohibitionists had it right.
 
 
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