1 ADJ [usually verb-link ADJ] 禁止的;不准的 If something is forbidden, you are not allowed to do it or have it. 禁止的;不准的
SYN prohibited, banned, vetoed, outlawed
2 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 禁止进入的;谢绝参观的 A forbidden place is one that you are not allowed to visit or enter. 禁止进入的;谢绝参观的
3 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 令人反感的;忌讳的 Forbidden is used to describe things that people strongly disapprove of or feel guilty about, and that are not often mentioned or talked about. 令人反感的;忌讳的
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The war was a forbidden subject.
战争曾经是人们避讳的话题。
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Men fantasise as a substitute for acting out forbidden desires.
人类通过幻想宣泄压抑的欲望。
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Divorce? It was such a forbidden word.
离婚?这个词可不能轻易说出口。
Quotations
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable Mark Twain Notebook
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