forbidding
US
UK forbidding adj: (threatening, ominous)
SC 严峻的 yán jùn de
TC 嚴峻的
TC 嚴峻的
SC 让人生畏的 yán jùn de ，ràng rén shēng wèi de
SC 让人生畏的 yán jùn de ，ràng rén shēng wèi de
The dark mountains looked forbidding ahead of us.
forbidding n: (prohibition, banning)
SC 禁止 jìn zhǐ
TC 禁止
TC 禁止
Zeke ignored his parents' forbidding of sweets.
forbid [sth] vtr: (prohibit)
SC 禁止 jìn zhǐ
TC 禁止
TC 禁止
SC 不准 jìn zhǐ，bù zhǔn
TC 不准
TC 不准
In 1920, the US passed a law to forbid the production and consumption of alcohol.
1920年，美国通过了一项法律，禁止生产和消费酒精。
forbid [sb] from doing [sth], forbid [sb] to do [sth] v expr: (command against)
SC 禁止...做...
SC 不准...做...
John's parents forbade him to spend any more time with his troublesome friends.
约翰的父母禁止他再跟他那些爱惹麻烦的朋友们厮混。
forbid [sth] vtr: figurative (make impossible)
SC 使…不可能
SC 妨碍 fáng ài
TC 妨礙
TC 妨礙
SC 阻挠 zǔ náo
TC 阻撓
TC 阻撓
Temperatures in the Arctic forbid the cultivation of crops.