/fə'bɪd; fɚ`bɪd/
v (pt forbade / fE5bd; ?@ fE5beId; fL`bed/ or forbad / fE5bd; fL`bAd/, pp forbidden / fE5bIdn; fL`bIdn/)
1 (a) [Tsg, Dn.n, Dn.t] order (sb) not to do sth 禁止, 不准, 不许（某人）做某事
*I can't forbid you/your seeing that man again. 我无法禁止你再和那个男人来往.
* She was forbidden access to the club. 人家不允许她到那个俱乐部去.
* If you want to go, Ican't forbid you. 你想去, 我也拦不住你.
* He was forbidden to talk to her. 不准他同她交谈.
* It is forbidden (for anyone) to smoke in this room. 禁止（任何人）在本室吸烟.
(b) [Tn, Tg] order that (sth) shall not be done; not allow 禁止（某事物）; 不允许
*Her father forbade their marriage. 她父亲不允许他们俩结婚.
* Photography is strictly forbidden in the cathedral. 教堂内严禁摄影.
* forbidden subjects such as sex and politics 禁止谈论的题目, 如性和政治
* The law forbids building on this land. 法律规定禁止在此处进行修建.
2 [Tn] make (sth) difficult or impossible; prevent or not allow 妨碍（某事）; 阻止或不准
*Lack of space forbids further treatment of the topic here. 因篇幅所限, 此处不便对本题作进一步阐述.
3 (idm 习语) for,bidden `fruit thing that is desired because it is disapproved of or not allowed 禁果（因受禁止而更想得到的东西）. for,bidden `ground
(a) area that one is not allowed to enter 禁区.
(b) subject, activity, etc that is not allowed or approved of 不准涉及的或不认可的内容或活动等. God/Heaven for`bid (that...) (expressing a wish that sth may not happen 表示愿某事不要发生)
*Heaven forbid that anything awful should have happened to her. 但愿她不会出了大事.

v past tenseforbade [-'bæd, -'beɪd/