| 单词 | forbid |
| 释义 | forbid (once / 138 pages) v When you forbid something, you refuse to allow it. You might have heard your parents say things like, "I forbid you to play ball in the house!" or "I forbid you to have any more parties when we're not home!" Forbid comes from the Old English word forbeodan, meaning "forbid, prohibit." Forbid can also mean "prevent" or "keep from happening." The spare tire on your car will forbid you from driving any faster than 40 miles an hour — any faster and the car will shake. You may have heard forbid used in the expression "God forbid . . ." This refers to something you hope will not happen, so much so that you're asking God for a little help. WORD FAMILYforbid: forbad, forbade, forbiddance, forbidden, forbidding, forbiding, forbids+/forbidden: forbiddenly/forbidding: forbiddingly, forbiddings USAGE EXAMPLESPhysical contact was forbidden, and she wasn’t allowed to touch the baby, who was just learning to walk. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) The basis for this is the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention which forbids the transfer by an occupying power of its people into occupied territory. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) At the local barbershop, a line of long-haired customers waited on wobbly plastic chairs for haircuts that were forbidden under Islamic State rule. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1v command against I forbid you to call me late at night Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper disallow, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto allow, countenance, let, permit consent to, give permission allow, grantlet have ban prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure bar, debar, excludeprevent from entering; keep out enjoinissue an injunction criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlawdeclare illegal; outlaw ban, censorforbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) command, require make someone do something 2v keep from happening or arising; make impossible My sense of tact forbids an honest answer Syn|Hypo foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent make unnecessary, save make unnecessary an expenditure or effort avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward offprevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymyhinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwarthinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of block, halt, kibosh, stopstop from happening or developing stonewallobstruct or hinder any discussion disappoint, let downfail to meet the hopes or expectations of embargoprevent commerce filibusterobstruct deliberately by delaying checkblock or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey hangprevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury bottleneckslow down or impede by creating an obstruction dashdestroy or break short-circuithamper the progress of; impede ruindestroy or cause to fail staystop a judicial process |
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