contraband
contraband 英 [ˈkɒntrəbænd] 美 [ˈkɑntrəbænd]
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
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- Contraband means "illicit goods" and usually refers to stuff that's imported or exported illegally, like drugs, weapons, and certain exotic pets (like tigers).
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- 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
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1. 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。
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2. If you own a smart phone or a flat-screen television, it may contain contraband rare earths from southern China.
如果你拥有一部漂亮的电话或者平面电视机，它可能包含了从中国南方走私的稀土。
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3. On 28 February 1947, an altercation between the police and an old woman selling contraband cigarettes spiralled intomass protests by the island’s indigenous population against Nationalist rule.
1947年2月28日，由警察和一个贩卖走私香烟的老妇人的口角引起了岛内土著反对国民党统治的大规模抗议活动。
- contraband (n.) 1520s, "smuggling, illegal or prohibited traffic;" 1590s, "smuggled goods, anything by law forbidden to be imported or exported;" from Middle French contrebande "a smuggling," from older Italian contrabando (modern contrabbando) "unlawful dealing," etymologically "contrary to proclamation," from Latin contra "against" (see contra (prep., adv.)) + Medieval Latin bannum, from Frankish *ban "a command" or some other Germanic source (see ban (v.)). As an adjective, "prohibited by law, proclamation, or treaty," 1650s.
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