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单词 forbid
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forbidverb [ T ]

uk/fəˈbɪd/us/fɚˈbɪd/present participle forbidding, past tense forbade or old use forbad, past participle forbidden

B2 to refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action by making it impossible:

The law forbids the sale of cigarettes to people under the age of 16.
[ + to infinitive ] He's obviously really embarrassed about it because he forbade me to tell anyone.
He is forbidden from leaving the country.

More examples

  • I forbid you to marry him!
  • Diplomatic etiquette forbids calling for the death of a national leader.
  • She does a lot of work for charities, but her modesty forbids her from talking about it.
  • City Ordinance 126 forbids car parking in this area of New York.
  • She obtained a restraining order forbidding her partner from seeing their two children.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Forbidding and banning things

  • abolish
  • abolitionist
  • ban
  • bar
  • blacklist
  • clean
  • clean (sth) up
  • curfew
  • debar
  • deny
  • disallow
  • disqualify
  • nix
  • out of bounds idiom
  • outlaw
  • prohibit
  • prohibition
  • proscribe
  • unauthorized
  • veto

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Idiom(s)

God forbid

forbidverb [ T ]

us/fərˈbɪd, fɔr-/present participle forbidding, past tense forbade /fərˈbæd, fɔr-, -ˈbeɪd/forbid, past participle forbidden /fərˈbɪd·ən, fɔr-/

to not allow something, or to order someone not to do something:

You can’t forbid me to go.

Idiom(s)

God forbid
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