【每日一词】curfew - /ˈkɜːrfjuː/ n. 宵禁；宵禁令；晚钟；打晚钟时刻。
这个词指在特定时间后禁止人员外出或活动的规定。
它可以用于不同的场景，政府宵禁，青少年宵禁，商店或场所的营业时间限制。
1: the sounding of a bell at evening
2 a: a regulation enjoining the withdrawal of usually specified persons (such as juveniles or military personnel) from the streets or the closing of business establishments or places of assembly at a stated hour// The city ordered a curfew to prevent further rioting.
2 b: a requirement that someone (typically a child) be home by a particular time
//Instead, [parents] should make a point of enforcing curfews and standards of behavior that reflect their family's values … —Pam Carroll
2 c: a signal to announce the beginning of a curfew
2 d: the hour at which a curfew becomes effective
//Austerity has come to Rome, with a midnight curfew, car-less Sundays...
//She began to cry because it was past curfew and she was certain her momma would kill her
when she got home.
2 e: the period during which a curfew is in effect
短语
delare a curfew: 宣布宵禁
curfew order: 宵禁令
enforce curfew: 宵禁
placeunder curfew: 宣布宵禁
Violating curfew: 宵禁
lift a curfew: 撤消宵禁
impose a curfew: 实行宵禁；实施宵禁
Nan Ping curfew: 南屏晚钟
night curfew 夜航限制; 宵禁;
例句
The city imposed a curfew after the riots.（暴乱后，城市实施了宵禁。）
My parents set a 10 PM curfew for me.（我父母规定我晚上10点前必须回家。）
More than 200 people were arrested the night before for violating the nighttime curfew, authorities reported.
—Nayara Batschke and Matias Basualdo The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
After a period in a refugee camp, with Israeli soldiers deeming land deeds invalid, the narrative jumps to 1978, to a territory populated by Palestinians crammed in modest quarters, without citrus trees and with regular curfews.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The protests lasted for more than a week and at one point prompted the city to institute, then revoke, a night curfew in an attempt to quell unrest.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
The storm was so severe in some areas that a curfew was installed.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
