prohibition  /pr,oəb'ɪʃən/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  prohibition
  禁止,禁令,禁酒,禁酒運動

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Prohibition \Pro`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F.
     prohibition.]
     1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction
        forbidding some action; interdict.
  
              The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists
              mostly of prohibitions.               --Tillotson.
  
     2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of
        alcoholic liquors as beverages.
  
     {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.
  
     Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  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 [syn: {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 [syn: {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" [syn: {inhibition},
           {forbiddance}]