forbidding

英 [fəˈbɪdɪŋ]

美 [fərˈbɪdɪŋ]

adj.  冷峻的; 令人生畏的
v.  禁止; 不准; 妨碍; 阻碍; 阻止
forbid的现在分词

现在分词：forbidding　复数：forbiddings　

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BNC.11423 / COCA.13550

牛津词典

adj.

• 冷峻的；令人生畏的
  seeming unfriendly and frightening and likely to cause harm or danger
  1. a forbidding appearance/look/manner
     冷峻的样子 / 面孔 / 态度
  2. The house looked dark and forbidding.
     房子黑森森的，令人望而生畏。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可怕的;令人生畏的
  If you describe a person, place, or thing asforbidding, you mean they have a severe, unfriendly, or threatening appearance.
  1. There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face.
     她脸上有种严肃、冷峻的表情。
  2. ...a huge, forbidding building.
     令人生畏的巍峨建筑

双语例句

• He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
  他的举止相当乖戾阴郁，令人望而生畏。
• The emperor issued an edict forbidding doing trade with foreigners.
  皇帝颁布了一项不得和外国人做生意的敕令。
• Parliament has passed an Act forbidding the killing of rare animals.
  国会通过了一项法令，禁止捕杀珍稀动物。
• Hence, the forbidding fences, railings and barrier controlling access to the facility.
  因此就出现了令人望而生畏的围墙、栏杆和护栏来控制人员的进入。
• We have established sanctions forbidding anyone to trade with that country.
  我们已经实行制裁，禁止任何人与那个国家进行贸易。
• The old professor seemed stern and forbidding.
  这位老教授态度严肃，令人望而生畏。
• This case throws array spotlight on the strict laws in Thailand forbidding any criticism of the monarchy.
  该案使公众的目光投向泰国严格的法律，泰国法律禁止对君主有任何批评言论。
• They overturned in 1923 state wartime statutes forbidding the use of foreign languages in school.
  1923年，他们推翻了禁止在学校中使用外语的一些州的战时法令。
• Signs forbidding the practice were put up in shops, theatres, taverns, parks, etc.
  禁止这一行为的标志贴到了商店、剧场、酒馆、公园等地。
• The interior department framed a criminal code forbidding church services.
  内政部制订了禁止教堂做礼拜的刑事法规。