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

• Parliament has passed an act forbidding the slaughter of animals for pleasure.
  议会通过了一项禁止杀生取乐的法令。
• 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。
• A university can seem a forbidding place to new students.
  大学对新生来说可能是一个令人生畏的地方。
• This case throws array spotlight on the strict laws in Thailand forbidding any criticism of the monarchy.
  该案使公众的目光投向泰国严格的法律，泰国法律禁止对君主有任何批评言论。
• The Court's opinion held that laws forbidding abortions violated the privacy rights of women and their physicians to make decisions involving abortions without interference from the state.
  法院的论点是，禁止堕胎的法律侵犯了妇女和她们的医生在不受州干预的情况下作出有关堕胎决定的隐私权。
• The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.
  市议会通过法律，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 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。
• 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。