debar

verb

/dɪˈbɑː(r)/

/dɪˈbɑːr/

[usually passive] (formal)

Verb Forms

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/

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to officially prevent somebody from doing something, joining something, etc.阻止，禁止（某人做某事、加入某團體等）
- be debarred from doing something He was debarred from holding public office.他被禁止擔任公職。
- be debarred from something Members of illegal groups were debarred from election to the assembly.非法團體的成員被禁止參加議會選舉。
- debar somebody (from something) Such a ban would debar him from the European Championships in May.這樣的禁令將使他無法參加五月份的歐洲錦標賽。
Word Originlate Middle English: from French débarrer, from Old French desbarrer ‘unbar’, from des- (expressing reversal) + barrer ‘to bar’.

BNC: 20355 COCA: 0

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