the prohibition of smoking in public areas
禁止在公共场所吸烟的规定
a law or a rule that stops sth being done or used
a prohibition against selling alcohol to people under the age of 18
禁止向 18 岁以下青少年售酒的法令
1.禁止;禁令
2.〈美〉禁酒;【美史】禁酒时期
3.【法】(上级法院禁止下级法院对无权审理的案件起诉的)诉讼中止令
1.a law or rule that stops people from doing something
2.the action of officially preventing something from being done
1.in the U.S., the period from 1920 to 1933 when it was illegal to make or sell alcoholic drinks. A place that illegally served alcoholic drinks during this time was called a speakeasy.
1.Left-turn prohibition is an important approach to organizing the surface intersection, and its effects are relevant to many factors.
禁止左转是平面交叉口组织的一个重要方式，它可能带来的交通效应与多种因素有关。
2.Gossip girl: As you might have guessed, Upper East siders, prohibition never stood a chance against exhibition.
绯闻少女：正如你所猜测的，东区的贵族们，在“表现”面前“阻止”是根本起不到任何作用。
3.But only a philosopher would see a difficulty. Truthfulness is a state of mind rather than observance of prohibition of falsehood.
但只有哲人才看得出其中的难处。求真是一种思想状态，而不是奉行错误的禁令。
4.Her intense wish was to qualify for the Indian police force so she could specialize in enforcement of the child marriage prohibition law.
她的强烈愿望是取得印度警员资格，这样她就可以专门致力于废除童婚法律的执行了。
5.Publishing in Catalan continued throughout Franco's dictatorship, and there was no prohibition on speaking it in public or in commerce.
在弗朗哥专政时期，加泰罗尼亚语的出版物仍可以发行，公开场合和商业环境中也可以使用该语言。
6.Ban said he was issuing an "administrative instruction" to promote road safety that would include a prohibition on texting at the wheel.
潘基文说，联合国已发布一项旨在改善道路安全的“行政指令”，其中包括禁止在开车时发短信。
7.And yet prohibition of liquor, beer, and wine did not work.
然而对于酒精，啤酒以及红酒的禁止都没有起到作用。
8.Abides by the law country, does not make the legal prohibition the matter.
遵守国家法律，不做法律禁止的事。
9.And yet this was precisely the reasoning behind Prohibition, which most people today regard as a terrible error.
但这的的确确是大多数人现在认为是可怕错误的禁酒背后的逻辑。
10.From prohibition to books, no matter how much we like to think we live in a free society, there is always something being banned.
从禁书开始，无论我们多么希望生活在一个自由的社会，总是有一些东西是要被禁止的。