forbid后接動詞的用法規律

■若其后直接跟動詞要用動名詞

He forbids smoking during office hours. 他禁止上班時間抽煙。

The headmaster has forbidden singing in the corridors. 校長禁止在走廊里唱歌。

■若其后先接賓語再跟動詞則要用不定式

I forbid him to go there again. 我不準他再去那兒。

The teacher forbids the students to read such books. 老師不準學生看那樣的書。

◇比較下面兩句

They forbad swimming in the river. 他們不準在這河里游泳。

They forbad people to swim in the river. 他們不準人們在這河里游泳。