| 单词 | debar |
| 释义 | debar (once / 2713 pages) v To debar is to officially bar, ban, or exclude someone from doing something. Debar can also mean to prevent something from happening. If you have a hat club, you can debar anyone who’s not wearing one. If someone is barred from entering, they are prevented from entering. Oddly enough, to debar them means the same thing. If you're debarred from a school, you can no longer attend. If a politician is debarred from office, they've been thrown out. You can also debar events. Eating well and exercising can debar many health problems. This kind of debarring means the same as averting. People try to debar negative things from happening. WORD FAMILYdebar: debarment, debarred, debarring, debars USAGE EXAMPLESThe criticism fell just short of debarring Sky as unfit and improper. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) GAO provides this salient point: “None of the 20 federal contractors had been debarred or suspended from federal contracts.” Washington Post(Nov 01, 2016) Back in town we headed to the Debar Maalo neighborhood, a 10-minute walk from the main square, but a world away. New York Times(Oct 05, 2016) 1v prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening Syn|Hyper avert, avoid, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible 2v prevent from entering; keep out Syn|Hyper bar, exclude disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto command against 3v bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper suspend rusticate, send down suspend temporarily from college or university, in England expel, kick out, throw out force to leave or move out |
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