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 peak devil's frown, despite its forbidding name, pales beside some of the mountains we have climbed.
  “鬼见愁”这个名字听来令人生畏，但比起我们爬过的一些高山来，简直相形见绌。
• 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 forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.
  禁酒由法律禁止生产、运输、出售和占有烈性酒。
• In the United Kingdom, a law forbidding people with epilepsy to marry was repealed only in1970.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。
• 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！
• 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 wild animals.
  国会通过了一项禁止滥杀野生动物的法令。
• 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。
• This is a law forbidding the import.
  这是一条禁止进口的法律。
• 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。