forbidden

英 [fəˈbɪdn]

美 [fərˈbɪdn]

adj. 禁止的; 不准的
v. 禁止; 不准; 妨碍; 阻碍; 阻止
forbid的过去分词

过去分词：forbidden　

Collins.2 / BNC.13970 / COCA.11841

习惯用语

adj.

forbidden fruit

禁果（唯其禁止，故特别诱人）
a thing that is not allowed and that therefore seems very attractive

adj.

ADJ 禁止的;不准的
If something isforbidden, you are not allowed to do it or have it.
1. Smoking was forbidden everywhere...
  到处都禁止吸烟。
2. It is forbidden to drive faster than 20mph.
  车速不得超过每小时 20 英里。
ADJ 禁止进入的;谢绝参观的
Aforbiddenplace is one that you are not allowed to visit or enter.
1. This was a forbidden area for foreigners.
  这里曾经禁止外国人进入。
ADJ-GRADED 令人反感的;忌讳的
Forbiddenis used to describe things that people strongly disapprove of or feel guilty about, and that are not often mentioned or talked about.
1. The war was a forbidden subject...
  战争曾经是人们避讳的话题。
2. Men fantasise as a substitute for acting out forbidden desires...
  人类通过幻想宣泄压抑的欲望。
3. Divorce? It was such a forbidden word.
  离婚？这个词可不能轻易说出口。

adj

excluded from use or mention
1. forbidden fruit
2. in our house dancing and playing cards were out
3. a taboo subject
Synonym:out(p)prohibitedproscribedtabootabuverboten

Forbidden fruit is sweet.
禁果是诱人的。
It's strictly forbidden by law.
这是法律所严格禁止的。
Lionel has forbidden her ever to mention that name again under his roof.
莱昂内尔已经禁止她在他家里再提到这个名字。
Smoking and lighting fires strictly forbidden.
严禁烟火！
We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.
我们被禁止使用母语，违者将被关进监狱。
It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence.
严禁逼供信。
The war was a forbidden subject
战争曾经是人们避讳的话题。
Smoking was forbidden everywhere
到处都禁止吸烟。
Obscene books are forbidden in Hong kong.
香港禁止淫秽书刊。
Did you go to the forbidden city?
你去紫禁城了吗？