forbid
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they forbid | |
| he / she / it forbids | |
| past simple forbade | |
| past participle forbidden | |
| -ing form forbidding |
to order somebody not to do something; to order that something must not be done 禁止；不准 - forbid somebody (from doing something)
He forbade them from mentioning the subject again. 他不准他们再提这个话题。 - forbid something
Her father forbade the marriage. 她的父亲不允许这桩婚事。 Smoking is strictly forbidden. 严禁吸烟。 You cannot do that. I absolutely forbid it. 你不能那样做，我决不允许。 - forbid somebody to do something
You are all forbidden to leave. 你们都不准离开。 - forbid somebody something
My doctor has forbidden me sugar. 医生禁止我吃糖。 - forbid (somebody) doing something
She knew her mother would forbid her going. 她知道她妈妈是不会让她去的。
Express Yourself Forbidding somebody to do somethingopposite allow, permitTopics Permission and obligationb2Forbidding somebody to do something 禁止某人做某事 When speaking to somebody, we usually use indirect language to ask them not to do something: 要求某人不要做某事通常使用间接的表达方式： I'm sorry, smoking isn't allowed./You're not allowed to smoke here. 对不起，不准吸烟。／这里不准吸烟。
Would you mind not talking during the music? 演奏音乐时请不要说话好吗？
Could I ask you not to use your phone here, please? 请不要在这里使用手机好吗？
I'm afraid I have to ask you not to take pictures here. 对不起，请你不要在这里拍照。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strictly
- absolutely
- totally
- …
- from
- be forbidden by law
- forbid somebody (from doing something)
- forbid something | forbid somebody to do something (formal)
to make it difficult or impossible to do something 妨碍；阻碍；阻止
Word OriginOld English forbēodan (from for- and bid2).