| 单词 | prohibition |
| 释义 | prohibition n. 1. the act or an instance of forbidding; a state of being forbidden. 2. Law a an edict or order that forbids. b a writ from a superior court forbidding an inferior court from proceeding in a suit deemed to be beyond its cognizance. 3. (usu. Prohibition) the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, esp. in the US (1920-33). Derivatives prohibitionary adj. prohibitionist n. Etymology: ME f. OF prohibition or L prohibitio (as PROHIBIT) |
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