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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  1. 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.非法团体成员被禁止参加选举。
    • debar somebody (from something) Such a ban would debar him from the European Championships in May.这样的禁令将使他退出五月份的欧洲锦标赛。
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French débarrer, from Old French desbarrer ‘unbar’, from des- (expressing reversal) + barrer ‘to bar’.