prohibition
US: /ˌpɹoʊəˈbɪʃən/
UK: /pɹəhɪbˈɪʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
prohibition /prohibition/- danh từ
- sự cấm, sự ngăn cấm, sự cấm chỉ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) sự cấm rượu mạnh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [U] the act of stopping sth being done or used, especially by law: the prohibition of smoking in public areas
2 [C] ~ (against / on sth) a law or a rule that stops sth being done or used: a prohibition against selling alcohol to people under the age of 18 + prohibitions on the possession of dangerous weapons
3 (Prohibition) [U] (in the US) the period of time from 1920 to 1933 when it was forbidden by law to make and sell alcoholic drinks
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 forbiddance, barring, bar, banning, ban, disallowance, disallowing, interdiction, interdicting, outlawing, outlawry, taboo, debarment, debarring, proscription, proscribing:
Did the members vote for the prohibition of smoking on club premises?
2 bar, interdict, injunction, debarment, embargo, proscription, ban:
Imposition of an excessively high tariff on imported computer components has amounted to the prohibition of their use in this country.
Collocation
ADJ.
absolute, total | general | legal, statutory
VERB + PROHIBITION
impose | abolish, lift
PROHIBITION + NOUN
notice, order
The prohibition order meant that the book could not be sold in this country.
PREP.
~ against
prohibition against sales to under-18s of alcohol
| ~ of
a treaty for the prohibition of nuclear tests
| ~ on
the prohibition imposed on the sale of arms
Concise dictionary
prohibitions‚prəʊɪ'bɪʃnnoun
+a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
+a decree that prohibits something
+the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
+refusal to approve or assent to
+the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
