forbid: [OE] Forbid is a compound verb that appears to have been coined in prehistoric Germanic times from the prefix *fer-, denoting negation or exclusion (as in forget) and *bithjan, source of English bid – hence, ‘command not to do something’. It produced German verbieten and Dutch verbieden ‘forbid’ as well as English forbid. => bid
forbid (v.)
Old English forbeodan "forbid, prohibit" (past tense forbead, plural forbudon, past participle forboden), from for- "against" + beodan "to command" (see bid (v.)). Common Germanic compound (compare Old Frisian forbiada , Dutch verbieden, Old High German farbiotan, German verbieten, Old Norse fyrirbjoða, Swedish förbjuda, Gothic faurbiudan "to forbid").
In Middle English the past tense was forbad, the plural forbade, the past participle forbode. Related: Forbade; forbidden. Expression God forbid is recorded by early 13c. Forbidden fruit is from Gen. ii:17.
雙語例句
1. Heaven forbid that he should leave because of me!
但願他不會因為我而離開！
來自柯林斯例句
2. They'll forbid you to marry.
他們不會準許你結婚。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The bylaws forbid playing ball in the public garden.
地方法規規定任何人不得在公園打球或踢球.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. I hope we don't have any trouble with the car. God forbid!
我希望這輛汽車不要出毛病. 但願不致如此!
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. God forbid that I should ever have to work with him again.