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

• 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。
• Then I saw a police officer with a forbidding look on his face.
  然后，我看到一位警官，一脸令人生畏的表情。
• There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face.
  她脸上有种严肃、冷峻的表情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.
  市议会通过法律，禁止散发传单。
• 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。
• 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。