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debar

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·bar /dɪˈbɑː $ -ˈbɑːr/ verb (debarred, debarring) [transitive] formal  PREVENTto officially prevent someone from doing something 阻止,禁止 SYN banbe debarred from (doing) something All five men were debarred from entering France for three years. 这五个人三年内全都被禁止进入法国。nGrammar Debar is usually passive.→ See Verb table
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be debarred from (doing) somethingNor does the fact of an acquittal debar the media from alleging that the defendant was really guilty after all.
de·bar verbn GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
Corpus doing prevent from to something someone officially


debar
debar /dɪˈbɑː $ -ˈbɑːr/ verb (past tense and past participle debarred, present participle debarring) [transitive usually passive] formal
to officially prevent someone from doing something
   SYN  ban
    debar somebody from (doing) something
    All five men were debarred from entering France for three years.


debarBrE /dɪˈbɑː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈbɑːr/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they debar BrE /dɪˈbɑː(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈbɑːr/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it debars BrE /dɪˈbɑːz/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈbɑːrz/ 🔊past simple debarred BrE /dɪˈbɑːd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈbɑːrd/ 🔊past participle debarred BrE /dɪˈbɑːd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈbɑːrd/ 🔊 -ing form debarring BrE /dɪˈbɑːrɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈbɑːrɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb (from sth/from doing sth) (formal) to officially prevent sb from doing sth, joining sth, etc. 阻止,禁止(某人做某事、加入某团体等)He was debarred from holding public office. 他被禁止担任公职。🔊🔊