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单词 prohibitionist
释义

prohibit /prō- or prə-hibˈit/

transitive verb
  1. To forbid
  2. To prevent
ORIGIN: L prohibēre, prohibitum, from prō before, and habēre to have

prohibˈiter or prohibˈitor noun

prohibition /prō-hi-biˈshən or prō-i-biˈshən/ noun

  1. The act of prohibiting, forbidding or interdicting
  2. An interdict
  3. The forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks
  4. (usu with cap) the period (1920–33) when the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks was prohibited in the USA

prohibiˈtionary adjective

prohibiˈtionism noun

prohibiˈtionist noun

A person who favours prohibition, esp of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks

prohibitive /-hibˈ/ adjective

  1. Tending to make impossible or preclude
  2. (of costs, charges, etc) unaffordably high

prohibˈitively adverb

prohibˈitiveness noun

prohibitor see prohibiter above

prohibˈitory adjective

  1. That prohibits or forbids
  2. Forbidding

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