0 to refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action by making it impossible -- （尤指官方）禁止，不許，阻止，妨礙
The law forbids the sale of cigarettes to people under the age of 16. 法律禁止向16歲以下的未成年人出售香煙。
[ + to infinitive ] He's obviously really embarrassed about it because he forbade me to tell anyone. 他顯然對此非常不好意思，因為他不許我告訴任何人。
He is forbidden from leaving the country. 他被限制出境。
I forbid you to marry him!
Diplomatic etiquette forbids calling for the death of a national leader.
She does a lot of work for charities, but her modesty forbids her from talking about it.
City Ordinance 126 forbids car parking in this area of New York.
She obtained a restraining order forbidding her partner from seeing their two children.
On the other hand, "compromises" introducing elements, such as race, that are immaterial under any constitutionally permitted political morality would be forbidden.
Since 23 is forbidden, w1 begins with 1 and wn ends with 4, a contradiction.
Is it allowed, then, to apply our modern idea to pre-modern societies or should it be forbidden?
