forbid
/fəˈbɪd/verb
(forbidding; past forbade/-ˈbæd/ 或forbad; past participle forbidden)with obj.
1- refuse to allow (something)不许, 禁止：
mixed marriages were forbidden.
异族通婚被禁止。
1.1
- order (someone) not to do something禁止, 不准（某人）做某事：
I was forbidden from leaving Russia
我被禁止离开俄罗斯
with obj. and infinitive my doctor has forbidden me to eat sugar.医生不准我吃糖。
1.2
- refuse (someone or something) entry to a place or area禁止（或不准）…进入。
1.3
- (of a circumstance or quality) make (something) impossible; prevent（情况, 性质）使（某事）成为不可能; 阻止, 制止：
the cliffs forbid any easy turning movement.
悬崖使人根本无法轻易转身。
短语
the forbidden degrees
- the number of steps of descent from the same ancestor that bar two related people from marrying禁止通婚的亲等。
forbidden fruit
- a thing that is desired all the more because it is not allowed禁果。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Gen. 2:17.
God（或Heaven）forbid
- used to express a fervent wish that something does not happen上帝（天）不容（表达不希望发生某事的强烈愿望）：
with clause God forbid that this should happen to anyone ever again.上帝不容这类事在任何人身上重演。
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