| 单词 | forbid |
| 释义 | forbid —forbidder, n. /feuhr bid", fawr-/, v.t., forbade or forbad or forbid, forbidden or forbid, forbidding. 1. to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house. 2. to prohibit (something); make a rule or law against: to forbid the use of lipstick; to forbid smoking. 3. to hinder or prevent; make impossible. 4. to exclude; bar: Burlesque is forbidden in many cities. [bef. 1000; ME forbeden, OE forbeodan. See FOR-, BID1] Syn. 1, 2. interdict. FORBID, INHIBIT, PROHIBIT, TABOO indicate a command to refrain from some action. FORBID, a common and familiar word, usually denotes a direct or personal command of this sort: I forbid you to go. It was useless to forbid children to play in the park. INHIBIT implies a checking or hindering of impulses by the mind, sometimes involuntarily: to inhibit one's desires; His responsiveness was inhibited by extreme shyness. PROHIBIT, a formal or legal word, means usually to forbid by official edict, enactment, or the like: to prohibit the sale of liquor. TABOO, primarily associated with primitive superstition, means to prohibit by common disapproval and by social custom: to taboo a subject in polite conversation. 3. preclude, stop, obviate, deter. |
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