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单词 forbid
释义 for·bid
I. \fȯrˈbid, fȯəˈ-, fə(r)ˈ-\ verb
(for·bade \-ˈbad, -ˈbād, -ˈbaa(ə)d\ ; or for·bad ; for·bid·den \-ˈbidən\ ; or archaic forbid ; forbidding ; forbids)
Etymology: Middle English forbidden, alteration (influenced by bidden to entreat, pray, invite, command) of forbeden, from Old English forbēodan (akin to Old Frisian urbiāda to forbid, Old High German firbiotan, Gothic faurbiodan), from for- + bēodan to offer, proclaim, command — more at bid
transitive verb
1. : to command against or contrary to : interdict
 < forbid the banns >
: prohibit
 < order … forbidding strikes of civil-service employees — Collier's Year Book >
 < the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges >
 < God forbid that war should come >
2.
 a. : to exclude or warn off from by express command
  < I forbid you the house >
 b. : to bar from use
  < forbade … movie cameras at House Committee hearings — Americana Annual >
  < running with the ball is forbidden in basketball >
3. : to hinder or prevent as if by an effectual command : make impossible or impracticable
 < rocky rapids forbade further progress up the stream >
 < space forbids further treatment of the subject here >
 < modesty forbids telling what my part in the affair was >
intransitive verb
: to utter a prohibition : hinder
 < forbid who will, none shall from me withhold longer thy offered good — John Milton >
Synonyms:
 forbid, prohibit, enjoin, interdict, inhibit, and ban can mean, in common, to debar (someone) from doing, using, entering, or otherwise acting or to order (something) not to be done, used, entered, or otherwise acted upon. The more or less familiar forbid and the more formal prohibit imply the exercise of authority or the existence of imperative conditions, forbid suggesting an expected obedience or an absolute proscription, prohibit applying more particularly to official and less autocratic proscriptions
  < forbid a child to go out on a rainy day >
  < a law forbidding the sale of liquor on Sunday >
  < limitations of space forbid elaborately detailed treatments of these subjects — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >
  < the act was wrong in the sense that it was prohibited by law — B.N.Cardozo >
  < condemned for not taking active steps toward prohibiting an armed group from organizing on its soil — Collier's Year Book >
  < implements of war would be prohibited and prevented — Vera M. Dean >
  enjoin, a legal term implying a judicial order that forbids something under penalty, suggests a strong and compelling proscription or exhortation
  < the president, under the war powers, seized the railroads and the courts enjoined the strike — Collier's Year Book >
  < a deed of filial duty enjoined upon him by his father's fearful command — Karl Polanyi >
  < immediately after he had concluded his lecture, someone was certain to enjoin him to relax — Bryan MacMahon >
  interdict implies prohibition by authority usually for a given time and for a salutary purpose
  < the navy has prohibited, the church has interdicted the defloration ceremony, formerly an inseparable part of the marriages of girls of rank — Margaret Mead >
  < alcohol and tobacco are interdictedYear Book of Medicine >
  < to interdict, or at least discourage, his visits — George Meredith >
  inhibit applies to the imposition of restraints or restrictions whether by authority or by circumstances or conditions
  < signalized the opening of a new reign by inhibiting stage plays — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
  < stiff royalties — payable in dollars — have inhibited widespread production of United States plays — W.H.Whyte >
  < the destructive exchange practices which inhibited the flow of world trade — Eugene Meyer >
  ban implies civil or ecclesiastical prohibition and strongly connotes condemnation or disapproval
  < these laws … were specific in naming the one weapon to be banned — R.W.Thorp >
  < the proscribed categories of persons banned from Federal employment — Benjamin Ginzburg >
  < authorities banned the rebuilding of wooden houses in the same area — Theodore Hsi-en Chen >
II. adjective
Etymology: from archaic past participle of forbid (I)
archaic : accursed
 < she becomes a leper herself … and lives for years in a cave hermitage, a thing forbidNation >
 < the sensitive plant, like one forbid, wept — P.B.Shelley >
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