injunction

• 指法院发出的命令，要求某人或某组织做出或不得做出某一特定行为，尤指禁止令或强制令。

A noun referring to a court order requiring a person or entity to do or refrain from doing a specific action.

1. Court orderC1formallegal

   A judicial order that restrains a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or that compels a person to carry out a certain act.

   禁令

   • The court issued an injunction to stop the construction.
   • She sought an injunction against her former employer.
   • The judge granted a temporary injunction pending the full hearing.

   同义词court orderdecreeinterdictmandateprohibitionwrit

2. Authoritative commandC1formal

   An authoritative warning or order to do or not do something.

   命令

   • The manager gave an injunction to all staff to maintain confidentiality.
   • His father's injunction to study hard stayed with him.
   • The teacher's injunction against cheating was clear.

   同义词commanddecreedirectiveedictfiatmandateorderprecept