forbidding adj.令人生畏的，严峻的
(教材P78)．.., the carriage turned into a long drive lined with tall poplars, drawing up eventually outside a huge and rather forbidding redbrick mansion.
……马车拐进一条长长的车道，两边是高高的白杨，最后马车缓缓地停在一座庞大并且令人望而却步的红砖大楼前。
The house looked dark and forbidding.
房子黑漆漆的，令人生畏。
I am fed up with his forbidding look.
我厌烦了他那冷峻的面孔。
forbid vt. 禁止；阻止；不许
forbid doing sth. 禁止做……
forbid sb.to do sth. 禁止某人做……
forbid that sb.(should) do 禁止……
He forbids talking loudly in the classroom.
他不许在教室大声喧哗。
The teacher forbade us to leave our seats.
老师不准我们离开座位。
