ban: translation
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ blanket (esp. BrE), complete, outright, total
▪ partial
▪ temporary
▪ overtime
▪ advertising
▪ a blanket advertising ban on tobacco
▪ driving
▪ smoking
▪ test
▪ a nuclear test ban treaty
▪ constitutional (AmE)
▪ federal (AmE)
VERB + BAN
▪ enact (esp.AmE), impose, introduce (esp. BrE), place, put
▪ They have imposed a ban on the import of seal skins.
▪ enforce
▪ lift, overturn, remove
▪ uphold
▪ tighten
▪ ease
▪ The ban on exports has now been eased.
▪ call for, demand, support
▪ oppose, reject
▪ comply with
▪ defy (esp. BrE)
▪ The students took to the streets, defying a ban on political gatherings.
BAN + VERB
▪ come into force, start
▪ apply to sth, cover sth
▪ The ban only covers tropical hardwood.
▪ affect sth
▪ The ban will affect all public and work premises.
PREPOSITION
▪ ban on
▪ a ban on smoking in public places
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verb
ADVERB
▪ effectively
▪ formally, officially
▪ completely
VERB + BAN
▪ attempt to, seek to, try to
▪ vote to
▪ Congress has voted to ban online gambling.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪ The weightlifter was banned from the Olympics for failing a drugs test.
▪ He has been banned from driving for a year. (BrE)
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to ban sth, a move to ban sth (esp. BrE)
▪ a move to ban tobacco advertising
▪ a decision to ban sth
Ban is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑amendment, ↑bill, ↑convention, ↑injunction, ↑law, ↑magistrate, ↑regulation, ↑treaty
Ban is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abortion, ↑book, ↑demonstration, ↑discrimination, ↑export, ↑film, ↑gambling, ↑hunting, ↑import, ↑marriage, ↑meeting, ↑practice, ↑rally, ↑sale, ↑shipment, ↑slaughter, ↑slavery, ↑smoking, ↑strike, ↑trade, ↑use