prohibition era

1. The substance of the prohibition policy of wine in the era of the Ch'ien-lung was a expect, which tried to intervene the mercantile activity by the government power and attempted to stable the society.
   乾隆朝的酒禁政策实质上是，试图用国家强力干预自发的商品经济行为，以保证农本国策的贯彻，进而稳定社会局势的一种设想。

noun

1. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

   Synonym:    prohibition