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proscription

/proh-skrip-shuhn/US // proʊˈskrɪp ʃən //UK // (prəʊˈskrɪpʃən) //

禁令,取缔,禁制,取缔法

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of proscribing.
    • : the state of being proscribed.
    • : outlawry, interdiction, or prohibition.

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Examples

  • Proscription and persecution were systematized in a manner without precedent, by the compilation of lists of all suspects.

  • Proscription was not the result of any trial but of the caprice of the general, and that too without any warning.

  • This Proscription of Sulla was the first instance of the kind, but it was repeated at a later time.

  • Proscription has its advantages—for one thing, it binds human hearts like hoops of steel.

  • Proscription, the miserable invention of ungenerous ambition.