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prohibit 音標拼音: [proh'ɪbət] v. 禁止,阻止,不準許 禁止,阻止,不准許 prohibit v 1: command against; " I forbid you to call me late at night"; " Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; " Dad nixed our plans" [ synonym: { forbid}, { prohibit}, { interdict}, { proscribe}, { veto}, { disallow}, { nix}] [ ant: { allow}, { countenance}, { let}, { permit}] 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}.] [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with the verbal noun in - ing. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude. [ 1913 Webster] Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 112 Moby Thesaurus words for " prohibit": anticipate, arrest, avert, ban, bar, bar out, block, blockade, bridle, check, close out, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, count out, curb, curtail, cut off, debar, decelerate, deflect, deny, deter, disallow, discourage, disenable, dishearten, disqualify, dompt, embargo, enjoin, estop, exclude, exclude from, fend, fend off, foil, forbid, foreclose, forestall, freeze out, frustrate, govern, guard, hamper, help, hinder, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold up, ignore, impede, inhibit, interdict, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep off, keep out, keep under control, lay under restraint, leave out, lock out, make impossible, obstruct, obviate, omit, ostracize, outlaw, pass over, preclude, prevent, proscribe, pull, pull in, refuse, rein, rein in, reject, relegate, repel, repress, repudiate, restrain, retard, retrench, rule out, save, say no to, send to Coventry, set back, shut out, slow down, snub, stave off, stop, straiten, suppress, taboo, thwart, turn aside, ward off, withhold
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