首页英语词典proscribeproscribe的意思

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proscribe

英 [prə(ʊ)'skraɪb] 美[pro'skraɪb]
  • vt. 剥夺……的公权;禁止

畅通词汇GRE

词态变化


第三人称单数: proscribes;过去式: proscribed;过去分词: proscribed;现在分词: proscribing;名词: proscription;

中文词源


proscribe 禁止

pro-,在前,提前,-scribe,写,词源同describe,prescribe.即写在前面的话,说在前面的丑话,引申词义禁令,禁止。

英文词源


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.