There was something a little severe and forbidding about her face.

她的脸色严厉且令人生畏。

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This book tells a harsh and forbidding story, and makes one wonder just exactly what its relation with truth is.

这本书讲述了一个残酷而令人生畏的故事，让人不禁想知道它与真理究竟是什么关系。

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Heidi did not take this for a summons, for the maid's face was scornful and forbidding.

海蒂并不认为这是一种召唤，因为女仆的脸带着轻蔑，令人生畏。

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He says, "This book tells a harsh and forbidding story and makes one wonder just exactly what its relation to truth is.

他这样写道：,“这书讲的是一个既冷血,又令人恐惧的故事,将人置于一个总想知道,它与现实关联的状态“

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Some states passed legislation forbidding a trailer to stay in any one place longer than ten days.

ECONOMIST: The governor goes mobile

We thought that only man could make something as forbidding as a slag heap, but apparently gods are capable of ugliness, too.

NEWYORKER: That��s Life

She suspects that by allowing male circumcision while forbidding even a symbolic cut on girls, Western countries show respect for only those religious and cultural practices with which they are already comfortable.

ECONOMIST: Female genital cutting