2017年成人高考《專升本英語》同義詞辨析(一)

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forbid ban prohibit
    都含“禁止”的意思。
    forbid
    系常用詞,指“命令某人不做某事”, 如:
    The doctor forbids him to smoke.
    醫(yī)生禁止他吸煙。
    ban
    語氣較重,指權(quán)威機(jī)關(guān)“正式禁止”,含“嚴(yán)厲譴責(zé)”之意,只能用事物作其賓語,如:
    Ban atomic and nuclear weapons!
    禁止原子武器和核武器!
    prohibit
    指“通過法律或政府法令禁止”,如:
    The soldiers were prohibited from leaving camp after dark.