但願別發生
同樣是「請把這扇門關上」，只是講話的人自己沒有權力，於是把這句話說給更高的一方聽——不是禁止，而是祈願。
god forbid · verb · B2
used when you strongly hope that something bad will not happen.
但願不要；千萬別
核心畫面
A door closed by someone with the authority to close it: you may not go through. The closing is done by a person or a rule, out loud. From there the word moves in two directions — a set phrase that asks fate to keep a bad door shut, and a formal use where the thing doing the closing is not a person at all but a shortage of time or space.
可以想成：有權力的人把一扇門關上，並且說出來——你不可以過去。關門的是人或規定，而且是明講的。從這個畫面，字往兩邊走…更多收起
可以想成：有權力的人把一扇門關上，並且說出來——你不可以過去。關門的是人或規定，而且是明講的。從這個畫面，字往兩邊走：一邊是固定說法，把「請把那扇壞事的門關著」講給老天聽；另一邊是正式用法，關門的不再是人，而是時間不夠、空間不夠這類客觀條件。From the picture
Also in this word
order not to do · verb · B2
To order that something must not be done, using your power or the law.
禁止；不許
make impossible · verb · B2
to make it impossible for someone to do something, often because there is not enough time or space.
使不可能；不容許
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
forbidverb/fəˈbɪd/
- 1
To disallow; to proscribe.
- Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden.
- […] the Mole recollected that animal-etiquette forbade any sort of comment on the sudden disappearance of one's friends at any moment, for any reason or no reason whatever.
- 2
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
- Have I not forbid her my house?
- 3
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
- An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
- a blaze of glory that forbids the sight
- 4
obsoleteTo accurse; to blast.
- He shall live a man forbid.
- 5
obsoleteTo defy; to challenge.
- What part of "no" do you forbid to understand?
- So there is a resemblance between the partie that here gives licence to come to the tree of life, and the other that forbid to come to it. The one threatned with a sword; the other promiseth to the persons that keep the condition here expressed
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。