prohibition
n
1 [U] forbidding or being forbidden 禁止; 阻止
They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas. 他們投票贊成禁止在公共場所吸煙.
Use of the drug has not declined since its prohibition. 自從禁用該藥以來, 該藥的使用并未減少.
2 [C] ~ (against sth) edict or order that forbids sth 禁令; 禁律
a prohibition against the sale of firearms 禁止出售火器的法令.
3 Prohibition [U]
period of time (1920-1933) when the making and selling of alcoholic drinks was forbidden by law in the US 禁酒時期(1920-1933年間美國以法律禁止釀酒及售酒的時期).