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　

TOEFLGRETEM8

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

• 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。
• Parliament has passed an act forbidding the killing of wild animals.
  国会通过了一项禁止滥杀野生动物的法令。
• The old professor seemed stern and forbidding.
  这位老教授态度严肃，令人望而生畏。
• 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。
• Forbidding Victorian architecture and statues.
  维多利亚时代令人生畏的建筑和雕像。
• 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。
• Hence, the forbidding fences, railings and barrier controlling access to the facility.
  因此就出现了令人望而生畏的围墙、栏杆和护栏来控制人员的进入。
• They passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.
  他们通过一条法令禁止散发传单。
• Then I saw a police officer with a forbidding look on his face.
  然后，我看到一位警官，一脸令人生畏的表情。
• In my ( limited) experience, being forbidding is dead easy.
  在我（有限的）经历中，令人难以亲近简单透了。