单词 | proscribe |
释义 | proscribe From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Lawproscribepro‧scribe /prəʊˈskraɪb $ proʊ-/ verb [transitive]formalSCLFORBID to officially say that something is not allowed to exist or be done SYN forbid, prohibit The Act proscribes discrimination on the grounds of race.► see thesaurus at forbid —proscription /-ˈskrɪpʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusproscribe• The reasons for the ban were multiple, and certainly there are other pesticides today that should also be proscribed.• She therefore proscribed all religious, philosophical, or psychological books for village libraries.• It should be remembered, however, that Gaelic was proscribed by the authorities for many years.• Even the space inside the narrow arenas is narrowly proscribed, especially for singers.• Political parties Following a 1973 ban on political activity, political parties were constitutionally proscribed in 1978.• It prescribes and proscribes the behavior and even the thoughts of its population in virtually every domain of existence.Origin proscribe (1400-1500) Latin proscribere, from scribere “to write” |
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