单词 | prohibition |
释义 | prohibition —prohibitionary, adj. /proh'euh bish"euhn/, n. 1. the act of prohibiting. 2. the legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption. 3. (often cap.) the period (1920-33) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force and alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold in the U.S. 4. a law or decree that forbids. [1275-1325; ME < L prohibition- (s. of prohibitio). See PROHIBIT, -ION] Syn. 4. interdiction. |
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