debar
verb /dɪˈbɑː(r)/
/dɪˈbɑːr/
[usually passive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they debar | /dɪˈbɑː(r)/ /dɪˈbɑːr/ |
| he / she / it debars | /dɪˈbɑːz/ /dɪˈbɑːrz/ |
| past simple debarred | /dɪˈbɑːd/ /dɪˈbɑːrd/ |
| past participle debarred | /dɪˈbɑːd/ /dɪˈbɑːrd/ |
| -ing form debarring | /dɪˈbɑːrɪŋ/ /dɪˈbɑːrɪŋ/ |
- to officially prevent somebody from doing something, joining something, etc.
阻止，禁止（某人做某事、加入某团体等） - be debarred from doing something He was debarred from holding public office.
他被禁止担任公职。 - be debarred from something Members of illegal groups were debarred from election to the assembly.
非法团体的成员被禁止参加议会选举。 - debar somebody (from something) Such a ban would debar him from the European Championships in May.
这样的禁令将使他无法参加五月份的欧洲锦标赛。
词源late Middle English: from French débarrer, from Old French desbarrer ‘unbar’, from des- (expressing reversal) + barrer ‘to bar’. - be debarred from doing something He was debarred from holding public office.