forbidding UK [fə'bɪd.ɪŋ] US [fɚ-] adjective ■unfriendly and likely to be unpleasant or harmful 冷峻的;令人生畏的;令人讨厌的;险恶的•a forbidding row of security guards令人生畏的一排保安人员 •With storm clouds rushing over them, the mountains looked dark and forbidding.黑云压顶,群山显得阴森森的,险恶狰狞。 |