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　

TOEFLGRETEM8

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

• In my ( limited) experience, being forbidding is dead easy.
  在我（有限的）经历中，令人难以亲近简单透了。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
  他的举止相当乖戾阴郁，令人望而生畏。
• The court has issued an injunction forbidding them to strike for a month.
  法院已经发布了禁止他们罢工一个月的禁令。
• In the United Kingdom, a law forbidding people with epilepsy to marry was repealed only in1970.
  在英国，禁止癫痫病人结婚的一项法律只在1970年才被废除。
• 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。
• They had obtained a high court order forbidding the sale.
  他们已得到高等法院禁止出售的命令。
• There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face.
  她脸上有种严肃、冷峻的表情。
• 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。