proscribe
/prəʊˈskraɪb/verb
with obj.
1- forbid, especially by law(尤指通过法律)禁止:
strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces.
武装部队仍被禁止罢工。
1.1
- denounce or condemn谴责:
certain customary practices which the Catholic Church proscribed, such as polygyny.
诸如一夫多妻制等为天主教所谴责的某些传统做法。
1.2
- historical outlaw (someone)〈史〉宣布(某人)为不法之徒。
派生词
proscription
nounproscriptive
adjective词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'to outlaw'): from Latin proscribere,from pro- 'in front of'+scribere 'write'.