forbid: [OE] Forbid is a compound verb that appears to have been coined in prehistoric Germanic times from the prefix *fer-, denoting negation or exclusion (as in forget) and *bithjan, source of English bid – hence, ‘command not to do something’. It produced German verbieten and Dutch verbieden ‘forbid’ as well as English forbid. => bid
forbid (v.)
Old English forbeodan "forbid, prohibit" (past tense forbead, plural forbudon, past participle forboden), from for- "against" + beodan "to command" (see bid (v.)). Common Germanic compound (compare Old Frisian forbiada , Dutch verbieden, Old High German farbiotan, German verbieten, Old Norse fyrirbjoea, Swedish f?rbjuda, Gothic faurbiudan "to forbid").
In Middle English the past tense was forbad, the plural forbade, the past participle forbode. Related: Forbade; forbidden. Expression God forbid is recorded by early 13c. Forbidden fruit is from Gen. ii:17.
例文
1. Heaven forbid that he should leave because of me！
彼が私のために離れないことを願っています！
2.They 'll forbid you to marry.
彼らはあなたの結婚を許可しません。
3.The bylaws forbid playing ball in the public garden.
地方法規では、誰も公園でボールを打ったり蹴ったりしてはならないと規定されている。
4.I hope we don 't have any trouble with the car.God forbid ！
この車が故障しないことを願っています。そうならないように！
5.God forbid that I should ever have to work with him again.