curfew

['kə:fju:]

n. 宵禁

n.

1. 晚钟

2. 戒严; 宵禁

curfew

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bell

curfew['kə:fju:]n.1.■宵禁(夜间戒严，禁止通行)2.■宵禁令；宵禁时间3.■(中世纪欧洲通知已到熄灭灯火时间的)晚钟声；熄灯就寝时刻

1. a regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night
   （多指晚间的）宵禁；戒严
   a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
   傍晚至黎明的宵禁。
   [mass noun]the whole area was immediately placed under curfew.
   整个地区立刻处于戒严状态。
   ■the hour designated as the beginning of such a restriction
   宵禁起始时间
   [mass noun]to be abroad after curfew without permission was to risk punishment.
   不经允许在宵禁后出门很可能会受处罚。
   ■the daily signal indicating this
   宵禁信号
   

1. Middle English (denoting a regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening, or a bell rung at that hour): from Old French cuevrefeu, from cuvrir 'to cover' + feu 'fire'. The current sense dates from the late 19th cent
   

curfew

名词 curfew:

the time that the curfew signal is sounded

a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions

an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited

curfew

■In Gladstone, Australia, from July 1, 1994, no household was allowed to keep more than two cats, and from January 1, 1995, cats were under a night curfew.

1994年7月1日起，澳大利亚的格莱斯顿市规定每户养猫不得超过2只； 从1995年1月1日起，对猫实行宵禁。

■impose a curfew

v. 实行宵禁

■lift a curfew

v. 撤消宵禁

■curfew order

[法] 宵禁令

■life a curfew

[法] 撤销宵禁

■"stubborn unlaid ghost/That breaks his magic chains at curfew time" (John Milton)

“坚持不眠的幽灵/在宵禁时分解除了他的魔法链”(约翰·米尔顿)

■If you get good grades, your parents let you do things -- a car when you get a license, a later curfew, says Kelsey Darch, who has gotten both.

“我知道父母想让我开心，他们想让我多些户外活动，”他说，“不过这么多事情要做，我没办法像他们期望的那样多花些时间出去玩。”

■A woman ventures on to the streets of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir during an unofficial curfew.

一个女人在印控克什米尔地区一个非官方的宵禁的斯利那加街头。

■Authorities in Najaf imposed a curfew.

一些权威人士在纳贾夫已经实行宵禁。

■A spokeswoman for recently elected Andalusian regionalparty Mayor Javier Checa says the curfew is an attempt to encourage the men to stay at home and do the chores.

一名安达芦西亚地区选举的女发言人还帮市长。

■The lovestruck alien Krelman tried to woo her on the night the Empire enacted a curfew on the spaceport city due to suspected subversive activities on the planet.

一天夜里，痴情的异星人克雷尔曼想追求阿克梅娜，可帝国却在那时对这个太空港实行了宵禁，因为怀疑这颗星球存在颠覆活动。

■My curfew for school nights is 9 o'clock.

上课期间我的宵禁时间是9点。

■But Ms Figueroa says the curfew is unfair as she needs to work late to catch up on paperwork because her days are filled with meetings.

不过费格罗亚女士说，这项宵禁令不公平，因为她一整天时间都排满了会议，需要工作到这麽晚赶上文件工作进度。

■East Timor has declared a two-day state of emergency. Under the decree, police have additional powers, public gatherings are banned and a nighttime curfew is in place.

东帝汶宣布进入为期两天的紧急状态。在紧急状态令下，警方享有更大权力，禁止公众集会，并实施宵禁。

■an 11 o'clock curfew

从11点钟起宵禁

■They might impose a curfew along their western sea coast.

他们可能在西海岸实行宵禁。

■They were also banned from owning radios, and were subject to a curfew.

他们还被禁止拥有收音机，并且受到宵禁的约束。

■Several hours before curfew time and tied herself to bell's huge clapper.

他的未婚妻爬进钟塔，在宵禁的钟声响起前几个小时，就将自己捆在了大钟巨大的钟锤上。

■He says he believes Iraq's security situation is under control. "I do not think we need to declare a curfew," he insisted.

他表示，自己相信伊拉克的安全局势仍在掌控之中。他坚持说：“我认为我们不需要宣布宵禁政策。”

■He says he believes Iraqi Iraq's security situation is under controll, control." I do not think we need to declare a few curfew, " he insisted.

他说他相信伊拉克的安全状况已经在控制之中，“我不认为我们需要戒严”他坚持说。

■Notified the citizens of the curfew by posting signs.

以邮寄标志来通知市民们宵禁了

■Iraq says it will close borders, extend curfew hours and ban travel as part of stringent security measures to protect voters during this week's parliamentary elections.

伊拉克表示将会关闭边界,延长宵禁时间,禁止旅游,来作为严格的安全措施中的一部分,以保证在本周议会选举中投票人的安全

■But it reached a new depth of deadness two weeks ago when a curfew forced people to stay home at night.

但两个星期前，政府颁布的一条禁止居民夜行的宵禁令更是让马塞卢处于一种闻所未闻的死寂之中。

■But the security forces hope a continuing curfew would give them time to get greater control of the areas of the capital where there are still clashes.

但安全部队希望延长宵禁能够给他们时间来对首都仍然在发生冲突的地方加强控制。

■But the curfew was widely flouted.

但宵禁令却被普遍嘲弄。

■But by the time darkness fell and a curfew was in place, fewer than 500 had managed to get into the city.

但是当夜幕降临，加之又是宵禁之际，仅有不到500人成功到达城里。

■You must get home before curfew.

你必须在实行宵禁以前回到家中。

■Make the curfew and miss the curfew you are grounded.

你被禁足。

■Say your child comes home past his curfew.

例如，你的孩子在规定时间后回家。

■Are supplier employees free to enter or leave the housing provided at any time (except possibly during a nighttime curfew)?

供应商雇员任意是进入或事假住房任何时候提供了(除了可能在夜间宵禁期间)?

■Elite commandos: Officials on Sunday said elite commando troops had been dropped into parts of Mingora for advance combat as the army lifted a curfew to allow thousands of civilians to flee.

先遣部队：政府官员周日称突击不对已经部分进驻明戈拉，作为前期战斗，他们下了宵禁令让居民撤离。

■Heavily armed foreign troops and a night curfew have brought calm to Honiara, but many Chinese remain homeless and scared.

全副武装的外国军队和宵禁给霍尼亚拉市带来了平静,但许多华人还是无家可归和感到恐惧。

■The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital.

军事政府强力执行宵禁令。

■The army clamped a curfew on five towns.

军队对五座城镇实行宵禁。

■The army imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew.

军队强制实行黄昏至黎明的宵禁。

■Almost always, they would come home way past their curfew.

几乎总是过了宵禁时间她们才回到家。

■Several workers were using emergency water drainage, traffic police have been on both sides of the bridge in the middle of a set curfew logo.

几名工人正在紧急用水泵排水，交警已经在桥两边中间位置设置了禁止通行标识。

■People began heading home as the hour of curfew approached.

到了宵禁时间，老百姓开始回到各自的家。

■Councillors in California have passed a curfew on their own mayor because they don't like her working late at night.

加州的市议员已经通过对他们的市长宵禁令，因为议员不喜欢她工作到半夜。

■Bedding, linen, towel will be prepared.It is an ideal location in the central part of Tokyo for budget stayers.There is no curfew, you can come back any time.Room size: 6 tatami size.

包含床铺, 床单, 毛巾, 网路连线, 公共设施. 是适合预算有限的旅客在东京中心的住宿. 无宵禁时间, 可自由随时进出. 客房面积: 6个榻榻米大小左右的面积.

■Israeli troops enforcing a curfew clashed with dozens of young Palestinian stone-throwers Saturday, and a 14-year-old was killed by army fire, doctors said.

医生说：星期六以色列军队闯入非军事区，与数十名手持石块的巴勒斯坦青年发生冲突，并且?谋幸幻?4岁的少年。

■Nancy: The curfew for our children is at 11p.m.

南茜:我孩子的宵禁令是晚上11点。

■Campaigners believe the marines on Okinawa will soon revert to their old ways once the curfew is lifted.

参加抗议活动的人们 认为，一旦宵禁取消，冲绳岛上的美国海军们又会重蹈覆辙。

■American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out with their boy or girlfriends as long as they come home at the certain curfew.

只要能在熄灯前回家，美国的父母是允许他们的子女出去和他们的男（女）朋友约会的。

■On Wednesday the authoritiesannounced a two-month night-time curfew and troops surrounded monasteries inthe city.

周三，当局宣布实行60天的宵禁，军队被派至仰光的佛寺周围。

■The Government lifted an overnight traffic curfew on Wednesday, and a strengthened military force, aided by helicopters clattering overhead, kept streets largely calm.

周三，政府解除了夜间交通戒严，一支全副装备的军队在上空盘旋的直升机的协助下，维持着街道的基本平静。

■Variety of nightlife available within walking distance of the hostel, no curfew here,but don't drink too much and miss yourself!

周边在步行距离之内有很多夜生活哦，这里没有宵禁，但是可别喝多了，把自己给丢了！

■The din had woken the city; and though the Emperor's guards were riding back and forth, attempting to enforce an on-the-spot curfew, nobody was attending to them.

喧闹的声音把整个城市的人都吵醒了；尽管国王的侍卫们骑着马横冲直撞，试图强制实施宵禁令，却没有人理睬他们。

■Participants are not allowed to go out after the 11:00PM curfew, or stay in any room with the people of opposite sex.

团员于晚间11晚点名后，不得逗留于异性房间内或外出。

■A curfew imposed ahead of the judgment remains in place.

在审判前执行的全国宵禁令仍没有取消。