The rules forbid smoking indoors.
规定禁止在室内吸烟。
Select the best synonym for the word “forbid”:
D — prohibit. “forbid” means v. to order someone not to do something
The strict school rules ______ students from running in the busy hallways.
D — forbid. “forbid” means v. to order someone not to do something
forbid — v. to order someone not to do something. In Chinese: 禁止.
forbid is pronounced /fərˈbɪd/. It breaks into 2 syllables: for · bid.
The rules forbid smoking indoors. (规定禁止在室内吸烟。)
prohibit, ban, disallow — all close in meaning to forbid (v. to order someone not to do something).
Yes. forbid appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers 2445 words for the ISEE and SSAT.