proscribe
英 [pr?(?)'skra?b]
美[pro'skra?b]
- vt. 剝奪……的公權(quán)；禁止
暢通詞匯GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?proscribes;過(guò)去式:?proscribed;過(guò)去分詞:?proscribed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?proscribing;名詞:?proscription;
中文詞源
proscribe 禁止
pro-,在前，提前，-scribe,寫(xiě)，詞源同describe,prescribe.即寫(xiě)在前面的話，說(shuō)在前面的丑話，引申詞義禁令，禁止。
英文詞源
- proscribe (v.)
- early 15c., "write before, prefix," from Latin proscribere "publish in writing" (literally "write in front of"), including senses of "publish as having forfeited one's property, condemn, outlaw before the world," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Meaning "prohibit as wrong or dangerous" first recorded 1620s.