为 forbid…from doing sth 正名

再请看英美人使用forbid… from doing sth的真实例证：

1.BNC(英国国家语料库http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk)和BUY-BNC BRTISH NATIONAL CORPUS (UK,1980s-1993) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/：

Electoral law does not forbid him from describing himself as Conservative but his rival, Mr Gerry Malone, will describe himself on the ballot paper as The Conservative Party Candidate.

You can go to court for an order to exclude your husband from your home or to forbid him from harassing you in any way.

2. BUY CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2009) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/：

1993 …,medical ethics forbid him from disconnecting the device.

1996 Because of Brian’s leukemia, Air Force regulations forbid him from continuing his training as a pilot, …

2004  ..., his relatives tried to strike his lover’s name from the guest list and forbid him from seeing the dying man.

尽管Collins系列词典没有收录forbid… from doing sth的例证，但在The Collins WordbanksOnline English corpus (http://www.collins.co.uk)  上，却不乏forbid…from doing sth的例证：

Constituents were picketing their offices demanding mass transit, but federal law forbade them from sidetracking any highway money for it.

Police rules forbade him appearing for the defence, but he was subpoenaed and his forensic evidence proved decisive.

Article 26 forbade soldiers from participating in political activities.

The rules, I gather, don’t specifically forbid you using a larger racket - but then, if you pursue this line of argument, they also don’t specifically say you can’t … 

At his home in New Jersey yesterday, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman told reporters that his religious beliefs forbid him from hurting people or destroying building.

以上例证证明了在英美英语中forbid…from doing sth已经被人们所接受，是正确的英语表达形式。在中国人编著的词典中也forbid…from doing sth的例证，如陆谷孙主编《英汉大词典》(第2版) (上海译文出版社2007年3月第1版)p727:

Civilians are strictly forbidden from entering that area. 严禁平民进入那地区。