forbid

IPA/fəˈbɪd/
KK[fɚbˈɪd]IPA/fərˈbɪd/

forbid — 動詞

  • forbidpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • forbidshe / she / it
  • forbadepast simple
  • forbiddenpast participle
  • forbidding-ing form

1. to order someone, using your authority, not to do a particular thing, or to make

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

禁止

用權威或法規不許做某事

to order someone, using your authority, not to do a particular thing, or to make a rule that stops an activity from taking place

例句

School rules forbid students from using phones during class.

校規禁止學生在上課時使用手機。

forbid + object + from + -ing

After her knee surgery, the doctor forbade Rania to run for six months.

膝蓋手術後，醫生禁止 Rania 在六個月內跑步。

forbid + object + to-infinitive

常見搭配
  • forbid + smoking / parking / gambling / alcohol / weapons
  • strictly / expressly / explicitly forbid
  • forbid + entry / access / use
同義詞
  • prohibit

    more formal and official; typically used for written laws and regulations

  • ban

    stronger and more direct; often used for specific items or activities, especially by governments

  • bar

    usually means preventing a person from doing or entering somewhere, often as a penalty

  • outlaw

    formal and strong; making something illegal through legislation

反義詞
  • allow

    the most general opposite; letting someone do something

  • permit

    more formal than 'allow'; often involves official permission

文法句型

forbid + noun phrase

forbid + object + to-infinitive

forbid + object + from + -ing

用法筆記

The past tense is 'forbade' (pronounced /fərˈbæd/ or /fərˈbeɪd/) and the past participle is 'forbidden.' Both 'forbid someone to do something' and 'forbid someone from doing something' are widely used, though 'from + -ing' is more common in American English.

常見錯誤

The teacher forbidded us to leave early.
The teacher forbade us to leave early.
The past tense of 'forbid' is 'forbade,' not 'forbidded.'
The rules forbid to smoke in the building.
The rules forbid smoking in the building.' or 'The rules forbid people to smoke in the building.
'Forbid' cannot be followed directly by a to-infinitive without a person as an object.

2. to make it impossible for a situation, event, or process to continue or take pla

2.動詞及物B2
釋義

阻止；阻礙

使某事無法發生或進行

to make it impossible for a situation, event, or process to continue or take place

例句

The steep climb and heavy rain forbade any further progress that afternoon.

陡峭的爬坡和滂沱大雨阻止了當天進一步的進展。

inanimate subject + forbid + abstract noun

The company's tight budget forbade any new hiring until the next financial year.

公司緊縮的預算阻礙了任何新的人員招聘，直到下一財政年度。

常見搭配
  • forbid + any + progress / discussion / movement / retreat / return
  • circumstances / conditions / time forbid
同義詞
  • prevent

    more common in everyday use; stop something from happening

  • hinder

    slows or creates obstacles, but does not always stop completely

  • preclude

    formal; make something impossible in advance

反義詞
  • enable

    make something possible

  • allow

    let something happen; not prevent

文法句型

forbid + noun phrase (abstract)

用法筆記

Unlike sense 1, this sense takes an abstract situation or event as its subject or object (progress, discussion, view, movement). It is found mainly in formal or literary written English rather than everyday conversation.

常見錯誤

The rain forbade us to go out.
The rain made it impossible for us to go out.' or 'The rain prevented us from going out.
In everyday speech, 'prevent' or 'make impossible' sound more natural for this sense; 'forbid' is quite formal.
慣用語

God forbid

idiom

used to express a strong hope that something unpleasant will not happen or to show that you are strongly against the idea of something

但願不會如此；老天爺不許

God forbid that you should ever have to face such a difficult choice alone.

What would happen to the children if, God forbid, both parents lost their jobs at the same time?

God/Heaven forbid (that…)

idiom

Used to express a strong wish that something unpleasant does not happen.

但願不會

God forbid that we should ever have another war.

Heaven forbid that Maya should miss her flight.

forbid — 形容詞

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • law forbids
  • rule forbids
  • regulation forbids
  • policy forbids
  • order forbids

副詞搭配

  • strictly forbid
  • expressly forbid
  • explicitly forbid
  • absolutely forbid
  • specifically forbid

常用片語

  • by law
  • by order of
  • under penalty of

介系詞搭配

  • forbid from (doing something)