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prohibit

美音:[prəu´hıbət ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vt.禁止,阻止

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动词过去式:prohibited 过去分词:prohibited 现在分词:prohibiting 第三人称单数:prohibits

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hab=to have(拥有) 变化型 hibit

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prohibit


/prə'hɪbɪt; [US] prəʊ-; pro`hɪbɪt/
v (fml 文)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth/sb (from doing sth) forbid sth or sb from doing sth esp by laws, rules or regulations 禁止某事物或某人做某事(尤指以法令、规章或条例)
*Smoking is prohibited. 禁止吸烟.
* a regulation to prohibit parking in the city centre 禁止在市中心区停车的规定
* The law prohibits tobacconists from selling cigarettes to children. 法律禁止烟贩向儿童出售香烟.
2 [Tn] make (sth) impossible; prevent 使(某事物)成为不可能; 阻止
*The high cost prohibits the widespread use of the drug. 该药昂贵而影响广泛应用.

prohibit


v [T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of prohibere 'to hold away, prevent']
[usually passive]
to say that an action is illegal or not allowed
= ban, forbid forbid
 Smoking is strictly prohibited inside the factory.
prohibit sb from doing sth
 They are prohibited from revealing details about the candidates.
formal to make something impossible or prevent it from happening
1. Although our love for each other and our commitment to each other might prohibit certain actions on our parts, we are not totally and exclusively married to each other.
    尽管对彼此的爱与承诺不允许我们有某些行为,这种结合也不是全然排他的。

2. Leaders in Europe, where most nations already prohibit human cloning, began examining the moral implications of cloning other species.
    在欧洲,大多数国家都已禁止克隆人类,各国领导此时也开始考察克隆其他物种的道德寓意。

3. Is it possible to devise a code of rules for companies that would prohibit bribery in all its forms?
    是否有可能设计一套公司法规准则防止各种类型的贿赂呢?

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