1.不准; 不允许,常用于强制性语气
2.〈正式〉严禁; 禁止
3.〈正式〉使...不可能; 妨碍; 阻止
1.to tell sb., especially forcefully, not to do or have sth.
2.<formal>to state that sth. is not allowed, according to a rule, law, or custom
3.<formal>to make sth. impossible, or prevent sth. from happening
1.he did not even try. Something about her forbade it. In part his opinion was the result of his own experiences and reflections below stairs.
她的神情不许他这样做，他自己在楼下的经历和沉思是他形成这一看法的部份原因。
2.His wife strictly forbade such experiments in the home, but she was outta the time.
他的夫人严格禁止在家里进行这类实验，不过她当时不在家。
3.His principles forbade him to pay attention to a girl if he thought any man was present whom it might suit her to marry.
他的操守不允许他去垂涎一个姑娘，要是他认为有一个适合她下嫁的男人在场的话。
4.Many have tried, but Paul did not attempt to set a date, something Christ distinctly forbade.
然而，保罗却从来不会这样做，因为这是基督明明禁止的。
5.The writer, in a delicate script, told the recipient, whose name was Michael, that her mother forbade her to see him again.
写信人娟秀的字迹告诉一个叫迈克尔的收信人，她的母亲禁止她再和他见面。
6.He forbade her to do photo shoots or party with male friends, even though he had a stable of other top model girlfriends.
他不许她拍照，和其他男友一起参加聚会，尽管他本人有很多一流名模的女友。
7.For instance, while Luke and Mark report that Jesus categorically forbade porce, Matthew says he made an exception in cases of adultery.
例如，路加和马可福音说耶稣直截了当地禁止离婚，马太福音则说配偶通奸情况下可以例外。
8.He grew testy when quizzed about his methods and forbade investors from discussing their conversations with him.
当被问及投资诀窍时他就变得暴躁起来，而且他还禁止投资者与其讨论他们之间的商谈。
9.My guilt at having left him forbade me from thinking I should be allowed to keep even a dime of the money I'd made in the last decade.
离他而去的罪恶感，阻止我考虑保留过去十年内所赚得的任何一分钱。
10.The Archibishop of Canterbury, Abbott, forbade one of his clergy from preaching a sermon supporting the crown, and he was replaced.
坎特伯雷大主教不许他手下一位牧师讲道时支持国王，被国王撤换。