interdict

interdict
noun
  1. an authoritative prohibition, in particular
    （权威性）禁令，尤指
    ■(Law, chiefly Scottish)a court order forbidding an act; a negative injunction
    (律 主苏格兰)（法庭）禁令；强制令
    ■(in the Roman Catholic Church) a sentence debarring a person, or especially a place, from ecclesiastical functions and privileges
    （天主教）禁令
    a papal interdict.
    罗马教皇禁令。
verb
[with obj.](chiefly N. Amer.)(主北美)
  1. prohibit or forbid (something)
    禁止，制止
    society will never interdict sex.
    社会将永远不会禁止性行为。
    ■(interdict someone from)prohibit someone from (doing something)
    禁止某人（做某事）
    I have not been interdicted from consuming or holding alcoholic beverages.
    我没有被禁止饮用或贮藏酒精饮料。
  2. intercept and prevent the movement of (a prohibited commodity or person)
    阻截（受禁商品或个人）
    the police established roadblocks throughout the country for interdicting drugs.
    警察在全国布置了沿路关卡阻截毒品。
    ■(Military)impede (an enemy force), especially by aerial bombing of lines of communication or supply
    (军)（尤指以空袭）封锁，阻断（敌军）交通（或通讯、补给）路线
派生
interdiction
noun
语源
  1. Middle English entredite (in the ecclesiastical sense), from Old French entredit, from Latin interdictum, past participle of interdicere 'interpose, forbid by decree', from inter- 'between' + dicere 'say'. The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with the Latin form
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