(单词翻译:单击)
Prohibition was a period of time when alcohol was banned in the United States.
禁酒时期是指美国全面禁酒的一段时间。
It came about because of the protests of temperance unions, which believed that banning alcohol would reduce poverty and crime.
在众多禁酒联合会的抗议下，美国开始禁酒，会众认为禁酒可以减少贫困和犯罪。
The American government outlawed the sale of alcohol in 1920, but this ban was not very effective.
美国政府在1920年宣布出售酒精非法，但这一禁令并不是很有效。
Secret bars called speakeasies began to appear throughout the country, where people could order alcohol by speaking in code.
秘密营业的地下酒吧开始在全国各地出现，在那里人们可以用暗号点酒。
Prohibition also gave gangs an opportunity to profit from the illegal sale of alcohol.
禁酒令也给了犯罪团伙从非法售酒中获利的机会。
People known as rum-runners would smuggle alcohol across the Canadian border in order to sell it in the U.S.
被称为朗姆酒贩的人会把酒从加拿大走私到美国。
By 1933, it became clear that the ban had failed, and the government passed a new law allowing the sale of alcohol once again.
到1933年，这项禁令显然失败了。于是，政府又通过了一条新法律，允许酒的销售。
