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（禁止异己做官） debar from holding office (in feudal times)
be confined by old customs
被旧习惯所禁锢
break through the shackles of the old conventions
冲破旧框框的禁锢
In the old days Japanese women were confined to the household.
过去日本妇女被禁锢在家里。
All through the feudal ages the ruling class did their best to shackle women with Confucian ethics.
历代封建统治阶级都力图用礼教把妇女禁锢起来。