Cấm, ngăn cấm

smoking is prohibited

cấm hút thuốc

Ngăn chặn

to prohibit someone from doing something

ngăn chặn người nào làm việc gì

cấm chỉ

cấm

ngăn cản

V.

Bar, ban, forbid, disallow, interdict, outlaw, taboo,debar, proscribe: Fishing without a permit is prohibited.

Prevent, stop, preclude, rule out, obstruct, block, impede,hinder, hamper, inhibit, frustrate, foil, thwart, restrain,check: A turnstile prohibits entry through the exit doors.

V.tr.

(prohibited, prohibiting) (often foll. by from + verbalnoun) 1 formally forbid, esp. by authority.

Prevent; makeimpossible (his accident prohibits him from playing football).

Prohibiter n. prohibitor n. [ME f. Lprohibere (as PRO-(1), habere hold)]