约翰逊先生以前还倡议禁止在首都公交上饮酒,有人认为这个倡议有效减少了火车和公车上的犯罪率。

Previously, Mr Johnson also proposed banning the consumption of alcohol on public transport in the capital, which is believed to have reduced the crime rate on trains and buses.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 约翰逊 Yuēhànxùn Johnson or Johnston (name)
=2 先生 xiānsheng
  1. teacher
  2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
  3. husband
  4. (dialect) doctor

classifier:

=2 先生 xiānshēng
  1. (dialectal) traditional Chinese medicine physician
  2. (literal, Classical) one who was born earlier
  3. (literary) Taoist priest
  4. (literary) ancestor
  5. (literary) father and elder brother
  6. An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman
  7. Taoist priest
  8. ancestor
  9. father and elder brother
  10. husband
  11. one who was born earlier
  12. traditional Chinese medicine physician
3 以前 qián
  1. before
  2. formerly
  3. previous
  4. ago
=4 Huán surname Huan
=4 hái
  1. still
  2. still in progress
  3. still more
  4. yet
  5. even more
  6. in addition
  7. fairly
  8. passably (good)
  9. as early as
  10. even
  11. also
  12. else
=4 huán
  1. to pay back
  2. to return
5 倡议 chàng
  1. to suggest
  2. to initiate
  3. proposal
  4. initiative
6 禁止 jìnzhǐ
  1. to prohibit
  2. to forbid
  3. to ban
7 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
8 首都 shǒu capital (city)

classifier:

9 公交 gōngjiāo
  1. public transportation
  2. mass transit
  3. abbr. for 公共交通 gōnggòngjiāotōng
=10 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=10 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
11 饮酒 yǐnjiǔ to drink wine
12 有人 yǒurén
  1. someone
  2. people
  3. anyone
  4. there is someone there
  5. occupied (as in restroom)
13 认为 rènwéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
14 这个 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
15 倡议 chàng
  1. to suggest
  2. to initiate
  3. proposal
  4. initiative
16 有效 yǒuxiào
  1. effective
  2. in effect
  3. valid
17 减少 jiǎnshǎo to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
=18 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=18 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=18 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=18 liào unofficial variant of liào
19 火车 huǒchē train

classifiers: , , ,

=20 old variant of
=20 surname He
=20
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=20
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=20 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=20 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=20 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=20 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=20 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
21 公车 gōngchē
  1. bus
  2. abbr. for 公共汽車 gōnggòngchē
  3. car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)
  4. abbr. for 公務用車 gōngyòngchē
=22 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=22 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
=23 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=23 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=23 really and truly
=23 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
24 犯罪率 fànzuì crime rate