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英英字典: prohibition

prohibition   (Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 ˏproәˋbIʃәn 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˏprouiˊbiʃn,ˏprouhi- 〕


Overview of noun prohibition

The noun prohibition has 5 senses


  • prohibition -- (a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US")

  • prohibition, ban, proscription -- (a decree that prohibits something)

  • prohibition, prohibition era -- (the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment)

  • prohibition -- (refusal to approve or assent to)

  • prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance -- (the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance")

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