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

• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.
  市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• Parliament has passed an act forbidding the killing of wild animals.
  国会通过了一项禁止滥杀野生动物的法令。
• 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。
• There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face.
  她脸上有种严肃、冷峻的表情。
• Grant only very narrow permissions at first& at least forbidding arbitrary users from modifying it.
  最初只授与非常有限的权限；至少禁止任意的用户修改它！
• They passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.
  他们通过一条法令禁止散发传单。
• 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。
• In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate
  过去，这个地区令人生畏的地理条件和极端的天气状况使它受到保护。
• The old professor seemed stern and forbidding.
  这位老教授态度严肃，令人望而生畏。
• 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。