prohibition
英 [,prəʊhɪ'bɪʃ(ə)n; prəʊɪ-]
美 [,proə'bɪʃən]
英文词源
- prohibition (n.)
- late 14c., "act of prohibiting, a forbidding by authority," from Anglo-French and Old French prohibition (early 13c.), from Latin prohibitionem (nominative prohibitio) "a hindering, forbidding; legal prohibition," noun of action from past participle stem of prohibere "hold back, restrain, hinder, prevent," from pro- "away, forth" (see pro-) + habere "to hold" (see habit (n.)). Meaning "forced alcohol abstinence" is 1851, American English; in effect nationwide in U.S. as law 1920-1933 under the Volstead Act.
People whose youth did not coincide with the twenties never had our reverence for strong drink. Older men knew liquor before it became the symbol of a sacred cause. Kids who began drinking after 1933 take it as a matter of course. ... Drinking, we proved to ourselves our freedom as individuals and flouted Congress. We conformed to a popular type of dissent -- dissent from a minority. It was the only period during which a fellow could be smug and slopped concurrently. [A.J. Liebling, "Between Meals," 1959]
Related: Prohibitionist.
双语例句
- 1. Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
- 明年将是禁酒令废除60周年。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. the prohibition of smoking in public areas
- 禁止在公共场所吸烟的规定
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Prohibition was abolished in 1933.
- 禁酒令于1933年废除.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The prohibition order meant that the book could not be sold in this country.
- 这道禁令意味着该书不能在这个国家出售.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Prohibition of marriage within the gens except in the case of heiresses.
- 禁止氏族内部通婚,但和女继承人结婚例外.
来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源