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debar

/dih-bahr/US // dɪˈbɑr //UK // (dɪˈbɑː) //

扣留,排斥,拒绝接受,拒绝承认

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·barred, de·bar·ring.

    • : to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
    • : to hinder or prevent; prohibit: to debar an action.

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Examples

  • At the same time, two reasons debar me from laying further stress upon this line of argument.

  • This deficiency in technique must even debar him from claiming any higher signification than that of a clever dilettante.

  • (This, as with place, would debar it from being ranked among the primary genera, which are simple).

  • He need not, for what had taken place between them, debar himself entirely of the delight of her society, he might—?

  • Even the stain of imputation, however undeserved, provided it gained popular credence, could debar one from its numbers.