n.

1. 禁止；被禁[U][C][（+of/against）]
   The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.

   禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。

2. 禁令[C][（+of/against）]
   The prohibition against firecrackers was widely ignored on the Fourth of July.

   不许放爆竹的禁令在独立纪念日广遭忽略。

3. （常大写）禁酒[U]
4. （大写）（美国历史上的）禁酒时期（1920-1933）[U]

n.

1. the action of prohibiting.
   ▸a law or regulation prohibiting something.
   ▸English Law  a writ from a superior court forbidding an inferior court from proceeding in a suit deemed to be beyond its cognizance.
2. (Prohibition) the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US from 1920 to 1933.