英 [fəˈbɪdɪŋ] 美 [fərˈbɪdɪŋ]
v. 禁止；不准（某人）做某事；（使）……不可能做某事，妨碍（forbid 的现在分词）
adj. （外表）冷峻的，令人生畏的；令人厌恶的；险恶的
forbidding /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/ TEM8
形容词 If you describe a person, place, or thing as forbidding, you mean they have a severe, unfriendly, or threatening appearance. 令人生畏的
There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face.
她的脸色严厉且令人生畏。
...a huge, forbidding building.
...一幢庞大的、令人叹为观止的建筑。
an official prohibition or edict against something
同义词： ban / banning / forbiddance
禁止-引用次数：4
Contrary to the old saying that power is something to prevent somebody from doing something or forbid somebody to do something, Foucault considered the power a network.
他一反过去所谓的权力就是禁止或阻止人们做某种事情的力量的说法,而将权力看作是一种网络关系。
参考来源权力话语的另类表述
... fascination n. 魅力，迷惑力 forbidding adj. 望而生畏的，望而却步的 pretentious adj. 自命不凡的，矫饰的 pretend假装 ...
... disconcerting 不安的 forbidding 可怕的 upsetting 令人心烦意乱的...
... 高耸。峙立〖towering〗 阴沉,幽暗〖gloomy〗 森严,严峻〖forbidding〗 ...
forbidden 被禁止的；严禁的，禁用的
forbiddingly 令人生畏地；严峻地
forbiddance 禁令；禁止
forbid 禁止；妨碍，阻止
禁止；不准（forbid的ing形式）
There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face.
她的脸色严厉且令人生畏。
In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate.
过去，这个地区受到令人生畏的地理条件和极端的天气状况的保护。
Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be.
监狱不再是过去那种可怕的、令人生畏的地方。
He says, "This book tells a harsh and forbidding story and makes one wonder just exactly what its relation to truth is.
他这样写道：,“这书讲的是一个既冷血,又令人恐惧的故事,将人置于一个总想知道,它与现实关联的状态“
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
God's forbidding of the fruit removes from Adam and Eve any capacity for choosing and deciding, and you can see Milton worrying in Areopagitica about the uneasy relationship of his own argument to this central text in divine scripture.
上帝对果实的禁止抽离了亚当和夏娃选择和决定的,能力，你会看到弥尔顿在《论出版自由》中的焦急,因为这不安的关系,他的论证和虔诚的圣典中的中心段落。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
At night, walking around the sharp turns of the alleys can feel thrillingly forbidding.
Spewing volcanoes and forbidding lava fields make for a land of beautiful, barren expanses and infinite adventure.
Many students found Berman forbidding, but some of the teachers referred to him as a genius.