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 prohibit [prə'hibit]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 禁止, 阻止

[经] 禁止


  1. I fear that a prior engagement will prohibit me from joining you in dinner.
    有约在先，我恐怕不能与你共进晚餐。
  2. Rainy weather and fog prohibited flying.
    雨天和大雾妨碍了飞行。


prohibit


Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prohibited}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Prohibiting}.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere
to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See
{Habit}.]
1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited
Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we
prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing
of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or
it prohibits stealing.

Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the
infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with
the verbal noun in -ing.

2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress. --Milton.

Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.

Usage: {Prohibit}, {Forbid}. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is
more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more
formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be
out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with
the profane and vicious.

  1. Jews say biases prohibit them from holding government jobs, getting promotions or gaining admission to universities.
  2. The illusion is that commissions are pretty much fixed. Indeed, anti-rebating laws in 48 states prohibit agents from returning part or all of their commissions to insurance buyers.
  3. The FCC's waiver gave the companies 18 months to comply with federal cross-ownership rules that generally prohibit one company from owning multiple media outlets in one area.
  4. State-of-emergency regulations restrict reporting about unrest, security force action, treatment of detainees, some forms of protest and various statements the government considers subversive. The regulations prohibit calls for election boycotts.
  5. They require mandatory inspection of exhaust emissions and assembly-line testing and prohibit the sale of replacement parts that do not meet emission standards.
  6. It asks that the court remove the Teamsters leadership, place the union under trusteeship and prohibit the alleged mob figures from any future dealings with the union.
  7. And what Carsey and other Hollywood independents want is for the FCC to implement the Financial Interest & Syndication Rules of 1970 _ which prohibit broadcast networks from owning financial interests in their programs _ in the cable industry.
  8. Indeed, Canadian bank stock holders face a greater threat of dilution because, unlike U.S. bank rules, Canadian regulations prohibit banks from including loan loss reserves as part of their capital.
  9. The government on Wednesday ordered Canadian companies to ignore a U.S. bill that would prohibit them from trading with Cuba, External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said.
  10. Vietnam plans to award several contracts in the next few months, but the U.S. embargo will prohibit American companies from bidding.
  11. The Senate legislation would prohibit foreign countries from building parts of the project unless Congress has reviewed the potential assistance.
  12. An amendment to prohibit burning the American flag would temper the First Amendment by saying the right of free speech excluded burning the flag as a form of political expression.
  13. Unlike them, it would continue to prohibit banks from underwriting corporate debt or mutual funds.
  14. The NASD said the newly approved small-order limits prohibit members from entering orders on behalf of professional accounts.
  15. "Multiple actors prohibit a lasting peace with Israel.
  16. Bryant introduced legislation to prohibit clear-cutting in any national forest in which one-tenth of the acreage of available commercial timberland has already been harvested by clear-cutting. Many national forests would be affected, he said.
  17. A state court judge reserved a decision on a request that he prohibit six former top executives of Lord, Geller, Federico, Einstein Inc. from soliciting business or employees from Lord Geller for their new ad agency.
  18. Foes of South Africa's apartheid government note that despite President Bush's move, 28 states and 92 cities, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, have sanctions or "selective purchasing policies" that prohibit doing business in South Africa.
  19. It would prohibit any deduction of the base cost of a telephone that is also used for personal purposes.
  20. Mr. Walsh assumes that Congress could prohibit covert operations, a debatable proposition.
  21. But the problem is, current FDA rules prohibit the dairies from using names like "ice cream" or "cottage cheese" for their low-cal creations.
  22. The House on Thursday rejected a Senate effort led by Jesse Helms to prohibit federal funds to support sexually explicit or blasphemous art.
  23. After the probe, the president could prohibit the transaction.
  24. Legislation to generally prohibit the construction of new dams in national parks and national monuments was passed by the House on Tuesday.
  25. In suits pending around the country, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Trans World Airlines and Continental Airlines are seeking to prohibit the practice.
  26. We can't, and shouldn't, prohibit shareholders from communicating with each other about the companies they own. Corporations need active, involved long-term shareholders who focus on their performance.
  27. The Dukakis justices have also taken the lead in making communities powerless to prohibit child pornography or otherwise to resist the intrusion of obscene materials.
  28. It said in an editorial that the strike represented the strategy of "radical activists who want to make South Africa ungovernable." Police would not comment on the scope of the protest because, they said, emergency regulations prohibit such reports.
  29. The judge said his order does not prohibit testing of any prison employee based on a reasonable suspicion of drug use that impairs job performance.
  30. It results from Gov. Carroll Campbell's Jan. 18 executive order that South Carolina would prohibit, beginning March 1, the disposal of waste from any state that refused to dispose of the waste itself.
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