forbid
US: /fɝˈbɪd/, /fɔˈbɪd/
UK: /fəbˈɪd/
UK: /fəbˈɪd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
forbid /fə'bid/
- ngoại động từ forbad, forbade, forbidden
- cấm, ngăn cấm
- smoking strictly forbidden: tuyệt đối cấm hút thuốc lá
- I am forbidden tobacco: tôi bị cấm hút thuốc lá
- to forbid someone wine: cấm không cho ai uống rượu
- to the house: cấm cửa
- time forbids: thời gian không cho phép
- God (Heaven) forbid!
- lạy trời đừng có chuyện đó
- cấm, ngăn cấm
Advanced English dictionary
1 ~ sb (from doing sth) to order sb not to do sth; to order that sth must not be done: [VN] He forbade them from mentioning the subject again. + Her father forbade the marriage. + [VN to inf] You are all forbidden to leave. + [VNN] My doctor has forbidden me sugar. [also VN -ing, V -ing]
2 (formal) to make it difficult or impossible to do sth: [VN] Lack of space forbids further treatment of the topic here. [also VN to inf]
Idioms: God / Heaven forbid (that ...) (spoken) used to say that you hope that sth will not happen: 'Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me.' 'God forbid!'
Help Note: Some people find this use offensive.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
prohibit, ban, hinder, stop, exclude, debar, preclude, prevent; outlaw, interdict, disallow, proscribe, taboo; veto:
I was forbidden from entering. They forbid smoking in the classrooms.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
strictly
Smoking is strictly forbidden.
| absolutely, totally, utterly
You cannot do that. I absolutely forbid it.
| expressly, specifically
PREP.
from
He was forbidden from leaving the country.
Concise English dictionary
forbad|forbade|forbidden|forbidding|forbidsfə(r)'bɪd
verb
+command against
+keep from happening or arising; make impossible
