prohibition 音标拼音: [pr
, oəb'ɪʃən]
n . 禁止,禁令,禁酒,禁酒运动
禁止,禁令,禁酒,禁酒运动
prohibition n 1 :
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages ; "
in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US "
2 :
a decree that prohibits something [
synonym : {
prohibition }, {
ban },
{
proscription }]
3 :
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment [
synonym : {
prohibition }, {
prohibition era }]
4 :
refusal to approve or assent to 5 :
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (
or an instance thereof ); "
they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter "; "
a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages "; "
he ignored his parents '
forbiddance " [
synonym :
{
prohibition }, {
inhibition }, {
forbiddance }]
Prohibition \
Pro `
hi *
bi "
tion \,
n .
The period of 1920 to 1932 in the United States ,
during which sale of alcoholic beverages were forbidden by the consitution .
[
PJC ]
Prohibition \
Pro `
hi *
bi "
tion \,
n . [
L .
prohibitio :
cf .
F .
prohibition .]
1 .
The act of prohibiting ;
a declaration or injunction forbidding some action ;
interdict .
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1913 Webster ]
The law of God ,
in the ten commandments ,
consists mostly of prohibitions . --
Tillotson .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Specifically ,
the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Writ of prohibition } (
Law ),
a writ issued by a superior tribunal ,
directed to an inferior court ,
commanding the latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending before it . --
Blackstone .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
By ellipsis ,
prohibition is used for the writ itself .
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1913 Webster ]
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "
prohibition ":
Eighteenth Amendment ,
Volstead Act ,
arrest ,
arrestation ,
ban ,
banning ,
bar ,
barring ,
blockade ,
boycott ,
check ,
circumscription ,
constraint ,
control ,
cooling ,
cooling down ,
cooling off ,
curb ,
curtailment ,
debarment ,
debarring ,
deceleration ,
demarcation ,
determent ,
deterrence ,
disallowance ,
disallowing ,
discouragement ,
embargo ,
estoppel ,
exception ,
exclusion ,
forbiddance ,
foreclosure ,
forestalling ,
halt ,
hindrance ,
inadmissibility ,
inhibition ,
injunction ,
interdict ,
interdicting ,
interdiction ,
legal restraint ,
lockout ,
monopoly ,
narrowing ,
nonadmission ,
obviation ,
omission ,
outlawing ,
outlawry ,
preclusion ,
prevention ,
prohibitionism ,
proscribing ,
proscription ,
protection ,
protectionism ,
protective tariff ,
rationing ,
rein ,
rejection ,
relegation ,
repudiation ,
restraint ,
restraint of trade ,
restriction ,
retardation ,
retrenchment ,
self -
control ,
slowing down ,
stay ,
stop ,
stoppage ,
stopping ,
taboo ,
tariff wall ,
thought control PROHIBITION ,
practice .
The name of a writ issued by a superior court ,
directed to the judge and parties of a suit in an inferior court ,
commanding them to cease from the prosecution of the same ,
upon a suggestion that the cause originally ,
or some collateral matter arising therein ,
does not belong to that jurisdiction ,
but to the cognizance of some other court .
3 Bl .
Com .
112 ;
Com .
Dig .
h .
t .;
Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .
Saund .
Index ,
h .
t .;
Vin .
Ab .
h .
t .;
2 Sell .
Pr .
308 ;
Ayliffe '
s Parerg .
434 ;
2 Hen .
Bl .
2 .
The writ of prohibition may also be issued when ,
having jurisdiction ,
the court has attempted to proceed by rules differing from those which ought to be observed ;
Bull .
N .
P .
219 ;
or when ,
by the exercise of its jurisdiction ,
the inferior court would defeat a legal right .
2 Chit .
Pr .
355 .
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