网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 prohibit
释义 prohibit
verb
uk /prəˈhɪb.ɪt/ us /prəˈhɪb.ɪt/
B2[ Toften passive ]
to officially refuse to allow something: 禁止;阻止
Motor vehicles are prohibited from driving in the town centre.机动车辆禁止在市中心行驶。
The government introduced a law prohibiting tobacco advertisements on TV.政府颁布了一项法律: 禁止在电视上播放烟草广告。
Parking is strictly prohibited between these gates.这些大门之间严禁停车。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to forbid someone or something
forbidHe grew up in a strict household where dating was forbidden.
disallowUpon review, the goal was disallowed.
banThe government has banned the sale of lead-based paint.
prohibitVehicles are prohibited from parking on the grass.
[ T ]
to prevent a particular activity by making it impossible: 阻止;妨碍;使不可能
The loudness of the music prohibits serious conversation in most nightclubs.大多数夜总会里音乐声嘈杂,根本没法进行严肃的谈话。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to prevent something from happening
preventVaccination will prevent the spread of the disease.
avoidLabel the boxes to avoid confusion.
stopThis should stop any further trouble.
avertWe had to act quickly to avert disaster.
prohibitBehavioural problems in the classroom prohibit learning.
checkChildren are being vaccinated in an attempt to check the spread of the disease.
Intermarriage between close relatives is prohibited in most societies.
Smoking is prohibited in the building.
A law has recently been passed prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in public places.
The government prohibits the passage of foreign troops and planes across its territory.该政府禁止外国军队和飞机穿越其领土和领空。
The law specifically prohibits acts of this kind.法律明令禁止此类行为。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Forbidding and banning things
abolish
abolition
abolitionist
anti-censorship
ban
debar someone from something/doing something
decertification
decertify
deny something to someone
disallow
non-valid
off-limits
out of boundsidiom
outlaw
prohibition
unauthorized
unkosher
unsanctioned
verboten
veto

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


UK politics: legislation & law-making
Preventing and impeding

prohibit | American Dictionary


prohibit
verb[ T ]
us/proʊˈhɪb·ət, prə-/
to officially forbid something:
The law prohibits smoking in restaurants.
To prohibit is also to prevent something by making it impossible:
Loud music prohibited serious conversation.

prohibit | Business English


prohibit
verb
uk /prəʊˈhɪbɪt/ us /prəˈhɪbɪt/
to officially stop something from being done by making rules or laws that do not allow it:
The government introduced a law prohibiting tobacco advertisements on TV.
prohibit sb from doing sthCommittee rules prohibit members from buying shares.
Smoking in restaurants is now prohibited by law.

Examples of prohibit


prohibit
In other words, there is nothing intrinsic about their technical knowledge that would morally prohibit them from doing something.
Furthermore, although not explicitly stated, the use of other languages was, in effect, prohibited, especially in the school setting and other official arenas.
But conventional academic criteria expressly prohibit combining moral and emotional stances with cognitive analysis, seeing this as bias or lack of impartiality.
This discrepancy is due to the algorithm alterations prohibiting repeated designs.
Together the three plots filled three quarters of a 30-m x 60-m area, time prohibiting further mapping.
Importantly, this morphophonological process produces exceptions to an otherwise general constraint in the language that prohibits tense vowels in closed syllables.
Complex onsets like these are compatible with segmental theories of laryngeal licensing, but not with ours, which prohibits aspiration and glottalisation in the same margin.
Her father's prohibiting any of his children from marrying may be seen as his wish not to have heirs of mixed blood.
The permutations of these three variables are kept in check by an avoidance constraint that prohibits stressed desinences.
If withdrawals during employment are prohibited, then workers cannot use 401(k) savings to smooth consumption in response to shocks to earnings.
The political rights of citizens should prohibit covert activities aimed at propping up a political orthodoxy.
The policy of protection has favoured the establishment of national parks and game reserves, supported by legislation that prohibits or restricts hunting outside these areas.
Previous discussion established that such a person must learn something that extends to act-tokens picked out as required, prohibited, or permitted.
Issues of "boundary" for permitting or prohibiting research on human embryos.
Are there act-types that are morally significant even though neither required nor prohibited?
See all examples of prohibit
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/2/9 6:54:15