1·To travelers arriving from the north, the island seems forbiddingly antipodal and cold.
对从北方来的游客，这个岛上方向完全相反又天寒地冻，让人难以接近。
2·If Americans were to work longer, they could set a financial goal that is attainable rather than forbiddingly distant.
美国人若是都延长了工作年限，那么就能设立一个经济目标，它并非遥遥无期，而是可以实现的。
3·At the time of this photo, little was known about bearded seals, due to their forbiddingly frigid habitat and aquatic lifestyle.
拍摄这张照片的时候，由于髯海豹可怕的高喊生活环境和水上生活方式，人们对它们几乎一无所知。
4·It was a brave little house with a big, tumbledown barn and fields that sloped into forests beyond. The days were bright with snow, the nights forbiddingly dark.
她要出国两个星期，我同意照顾她的动物；那是一个崭新的小房子，有一个摇摇欲坠的牲口棚和一个斜靠进森林里的牧场，白天在白雪的衬托下显得十分明亮，夜晚又黑的令人生畏。
5·I stood on tiptoe, face upward and back straightened, to hand the cloth-wrapped bundle onto the counter. How strange the pawnbroker should have put up a counter so forbiddingly high.
包袱送到柜台上，我是仰着脸，伸着腰，用脚尖站起来送上去的，真不晓得当铺为什么摆起这么高的柜台！