Interdict



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 禁止; 切断 ( 补给线) ; n. 禁令
• ［英］ v. 禁止 ( to prohibit; forbid with authority) ; 切断 ( 补给线) ( to impede or hinder by firepower or bombing) ;
• ［记］ inter ( 在中间) +dict ( 说) +在内部命令 ( 不准做) -> 禁止

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, alteration of entredite, from Anglo-French, from Latin interdictum prohibition, from neuter of interdictus, past participle of interdicere to interpose, forbid, from inter- + dicere to say — more at diction
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
• 2. a prohibitory decree

II. transitive verb

• Date: 15th century
• 1. to lay under or prohibit by an interdict
• 2. to forbid in a usually formal or authoritative manner
• 3.
  • a. to destroy, damage, or cut off (as an enemy line of supply) by firepower to stop or hamper an enemy
  • b. intercept 2a <interdict drug shipments>
• Synonyms: see forbid
• ? interdiction noun
• ? interdictive adjective
• ? interdictor noun
• ? interdictory adjective

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