The trial found high school teacher John Scopes guilty of violating a state law banning the teaching of evolution.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

We know what censorship is. Censorship is the banning of books that have been published and that have been deemed by the state authorities to be dangerous or harmful in some way.

我们知道什么是控制，控制就是,禁止已经出版的书籍和被政府认为,在某些方面非常危险和有害的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

You got to assign a dollar value to know whether you want to prevent those deaths by banning the use of cell phones in cars.

你必须用金钱来衡量,是否需要禁止司机使用手机,来避免此类事件发生。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Last month, he proposed banning sales of Barbie and other dolls that influence girls to put too much importance on physical beauty.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

But to bring it to United States and talk about our majority religion, we're gonna talk about Christianity and we're gonna talk about people who for religious reasons would like to see an amendment to the Constitution banning gay marriage.

讲到美国，讲到我们的,第一大教，就必然涉及到,基督教，必然讲到一些人,出于宗教原因而希望看到,宪法阻止“同性婚姻“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Soon the Interstate Commerce Commission announced rules banning racial segregation at all public transportation centers.

VOA: special.2011.05.06

Officials say other measures include effective drunk driving laws and banning some alcohol advertising.

VOA: special.2011.02.16

Treaty members agreed to approve rules banning ships carrying more than five hundred travelers.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

The experts proposed banning combination drugs like Percocet and Vicodin.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

The experts recommended banning combination drugs like Percocet and Vicodin.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

"The best antidote to intolerance is not the 'Defamation of Religions' approach of banning and punishing offensive speech, but rather a combination of robust legal protections against discrimination and hate crimes, proactive government outreach to minority religious groups, and a vigorous defense of both freedom of religion and expression."

VOA: special.2009.10.31

The incidents brought the banning of liberation movements such as the Pan-African Congress, which organized the demonstration, and the African National Congress.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

That attack is already being interpreted by some observers as a hint to possibly banning the party.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

In 2004,the French government adopted a law banning Muslim girls from wearing headscarves to schools.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Until now,only the European Union has followed the WHO's suggestion, banning the practice in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Slovakia has condemned the move and retaliated with its own law banning double citizenship.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Jaballah warns that banning the face veil may have a perverse effect.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

The debate comes amid controversy over banning minarets in neighboring Switzerland and as the French government considers whether to ban Muslim women from wearing a face-covering veil in public.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

A growing number of countries are either discouraging or banning travel to and from Mexico, where the first cases of swine flu were reported and where the virus is suspected in thousands of infections and more than 150 deaths.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

"The best antidote to intolerance is not the 'Defamation of Religions' approach of banning and punishing offensive speech, but rather a combination of robust legal protections against discrimination and hate crimes, proactive government outreach to minority religious groups, and a vigorous defense of both freedom of religion and expression,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.26