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.)).
实用例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. You don't have any contraband from Shanghai, do you?
里面没有上海带来的私货罢?
来自汉英文学 - 围城
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!
来自汉英文学 - 围城
5. Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.
