forbid
verb [ T ] uk/fəˈbɪd/ us/fɚˈbɪd/ forbidding | forbade or old use forbad | forbidden
B2 （尤指官方）禁止，不许，阻止，妨碍
to refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action by making it impossible
The law forbids the sale of cigarettes to people under the age of 16. 法律禁止向16岁以下的未成年人出售香烟。
[ + to infinitive ] He's obviously really embarrassed about it because he forbade me to tell anyone. 他显然对此非常不好意思，因为他不许我告诉任何人。
He is forbidden from leaving the country. 他被禁止离境。
- More examples
- I forbid you to marry him!
- Diplomatic etiquette forbids calling for the death of a national leader.
- She does a lot of work for charities, but her modesty forbids her from talking about it.
- City Ordinance 126 forbids car parking in this area of New York.
- She obtained a restraining order forbidding her partner from seeing their two children.
Idiom
God forbididiom (also Heaven forbid) 但愿不会发生这事
a way of saying that you hope something does not happen
God forbid (that) his parents should ever find out. 但愿他的父母永远都不会发现。