/fəˈbɪd ||; fɚˈbɪd/verb [T] (
present participle forbidding;past tense forbade or forbad /fəˈbæd
||; fɚˈbæd/
past participle forbidden /fəˈbɪdn
||; fɚˈbɪdṇ/)
1 (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) to not allow sth 不准；不许: Smoking is forbidden inside the building. 大厦内不准吸烟。
2 forbid sb to do sth to order sb not to do sth 不准或禁止某人做某事: My parents forbade me to see Tim again. 父母不让我再跟蒂姆来往。