proscribe

1. V-T If something is proscribed by people in authority, the existence or the use of that thing is forbidden. 正式宣布被禁止[正式] [usu passive]

In some cultures surgery is proscribed. 在有些文化里，外科手術(shù)是被禁止的。

They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns. 根據(jù)聯(lián)邦法律規(guī)定，他們不準(zhǔn)擁有槍支。