forbidding
adj. 冷峻的,令人生畏的
v. 禁止( forbid的現在分詞 ); 妨礙; 阻礙; 阻止
If you describe a person, place, or thing as forbidding, you mean they have a severe, unfriendly, or threatening appearance.
There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face.
她臉上有種嚴肅、冷峻的表情。
...a huge, forbidding building.
令人生畏的巍峨建築
1. an official prohibition or edict against something
1. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;
2. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
The town council passed a law forbidding the distribution of handbills.
市議會透過法律,禁止散發傳單.
This is a law forbidding the import.
這是一條禁止進口的法律.
But as sun climbs higher, deep shadows shield the landscape that remains dark and forbidding.
但是,當太陽逐漸攀升, 巨大的陰影籠罩了原本就一片黑暗可怕的風景.
The coast was rocky and forbidding.
這個海岸是多岩石的和險峻的.
The 1961 law forbidding dowries further undermined traditional Hinduism.
1961年,法律更進一步地破壞印度教傳統的嫁妝.