contraband
英 [ˈkɒn.trə.bænd]
美 [ˈkɑːn.trə.bænd]
- n. 走私;走私货;战时禁运品(等于contraband of war)
- adj. 禁运的;非法买卖的
将“contraband”分解为“contra”和“band”。想象“contra”代表“反对”,而“band”可以联想到乐队或者一帮人。结合这两个部分,记忆为:这是“反对”(非法)携带的“物品”(乐队/帮派),即违禁品。
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contraband 禁运品contra-, 相对,相反。-ban, 命令,禁令。拼写受band影响。
- contraband
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contraband: [16] Contraband means literally ‘proclamation against’ – hence ‘prohibition’. It comes via French contrebande from Italian contrabbando, a compound formed from contra ‘against’ (see CONTRARY) and bando ‘proclamation’ (whose source was late Latin bannus, bannum, a relative of English ban). The sense ‘dealing in prohibited goods’ had already developed before English acquired the word, and rapidly developed through ‘smuggling’ to ‘smuggled goods’.
=> ban, contrary
- contraband (n.)
- 1520s, "smuggling;" 1590s, "smuggled goods;" from Middle French contrebande "a smuggling," from older Italian contrabando (modern contrabbando) "unlawful dealing," from Latin contra "against" (see contra) + Medieval Latin bannum, from Frankish *ban "a command" or some other Germanic source (see ban (v.)).
- 1. The ship was found not to be carrying any contraband.
- 并未发现这艘船上载有任何违禁物品。
- 2. The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods.
- 海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮.
- 3. You don't have any contraband from Shanghai, do you?
- 里面没有上海带来的私货罢?
- 4. I thought it was only people like Li Mei - t'ing who carried contraband!
- 我以为只有李梅亭这种人带私货!
- 5. Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.
- 大多数的城市市场上都充斥着走私货。