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| /fəˈbɪd/ |
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| 1 | to state that something is not allowed, according to a rule , law , or custom 不准；禁止 |
| new regulations forbidding the sale of landmines 禁止销售地雷的新规定 |
| forbid sb to do sth/from doing sth Army policy forbids soldiers in uniform from talking to the news media. 军队的政策禁止现役士兵向新闻媒体发表讲话。 |
| International law forbids outsiders to interfere in civil wars. 国际法禁止外来者干预内战。 |
| | 1a | to tell someone that they must not do something 禁止；阻止 | | You’ re not going out tonight – I absolutely forbid it. 你今天晚上不要出去，我绝对不允许。 | | forbid sb to do sth/from doing sth The situation is so dangerous that the relief agencies have forbidden their workers to go there. 形势非常危险，救援机构已禁止其工作人员前往该地。 | | Company directors were forbidden to comment on the crisis. 公司董事们被禁止就危机发表评论。 | |
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| 2 | formal to make something impossible or prevent something from happening 使不可能；阻碍 |
| Hannah is a natural musician, although modesty forbids her to say so. 汉娜是天生的音乐家，尽管她出于谦逊并没有这样说。 |
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| used for emphasizing that you hope something will not happen |
| （强调不希望某事发生）但愿上帝不让这样的事情发生 |
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| What would we do if, God forbid, that happened to one of our kids. 要是那发生在我们的某个孩子身上，但愿上帝不要让这样的事情发生，我们要怎么办呢？ |
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