adj.可怕的；令人反感的；令人生畏的

動(dòng)詞forbid的現(xiàn)在分詞形式.

The coast was rocky and forbidding. 這個(gè)海岸是多巖石的和險(xiǎn)峻的。

The house looked dark and forbidding. 這房子黑森森的,令人害怕。

That's why the chapter is so forbidding. 這是為何這一章圣經(jīng)令人感到可怕不暢快的原因。

She has a forbidding manner , she is slow in making friends. 她有種拒人千里的樣子，難于交朋友。