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v (-nn-)
1 [Tn] officially forbid (sth) 明令禁止（某事物）
*The play was banned (by the censor). 该剧本遭（审查员）查禁.
* The Government has banned the use of chemical weapons. 政府已经禁止使用化学武器.
* a ban-the-bomb demonstration, ie one protesting against the use of nuclear weapons 要求禁止使用核武器的示威活动.
2 ~ sb (from sth/from doing sth) officially forbid sb (to do sth) 明令禁止某人（做某事）
*He was banned from (attending) the meeting. 不准他出席该会议.
* She's been banned from driving for six months. 已禁止她开车, 为期六个月.

n ~ (on sth/sb) order that bans; prohibition 禁令; 禁止
*put a ban on the import of alcohol 宣布禁止酒类进口.

Alfred Cobban (1901–1968) was a Professor of French History at University College, London, who along with a prominent French historian, François Furet, held a 'Revisionist' view of the French Revolution.