prohibitive

英 [prəˈhɪbətɪv]

美 [prəˈhɪbətɪv]

adj.  高昂得令人难以承受的; 贵得买不起的; (以法令)禁止的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 高昂得令人难以承受的；贵得买不起的
  so high that it prevents people from buying sth or doing sth
  1. prohibitive costs
     难以承受的费用
  2. The price of property in the city is prohibitive.
     城市的房地产价格令人望而却步。
• （以法令）禁止的
  preventing people from doing sth by law
  1. prohibitive legislation
     禁律

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （费用）高得令很多人负担不起的，贵得让人望而却步的
  If the cost of something isprohibitive, it is so high that many people cannot afford it.
  1. The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
     自费治疗的费用高得让人望而却步。
  2. ...the prohibitive prices charged for seats at the opera.
     剧院高得吓人的票价

英英释义

adj

• tending to discourage (especially of prices)
  1. the price was prohibitive
  Synonym:prohibitory

双语例句

• The costs of relocating a business are often prohibitive.
  迁移商店的成本通常是非常高的。
• You could argue that the total tax costs would still be prohibitive to any wallet-saving measures, but if you're one of those who spend a lot of time on the road, it does make sense.
  你可能认为总税收成本仍然会禁止任何wallet-saving措施，但是如果你是一位那些花了很多时间在路上，它确实是有意义的。
• Computers are gradually overcoming such obstacles as the shortage of courseware and prohibitive school system budgets.
  计算机的使用正在逐步克服教学软件短缺，学校建立计算机系统资金有限等一些碍障。
• Again, this would be prohibitive to implement with reflection but it is perfectly acceptable through this method.
  同时，这将禁止用反射来实现，但它在该方法中是完全可接受的。
• Rewriting these applications to use up-to-date innovations in business application development and integration can be cost prohibitive.
  为了在业务应用程序开发和集成中使用创新技术而重写这些应用程序，这样做的成本太高，以致不太可能。
• Hotel prices in the major cities are high but not prohibitive.
  大城市里的旅馆价格贵，但并非负担不起。
• It is folly to imagine it would, at less than a prohibitive economic or political cost.
  认为中国将以不太高昂的经济或政治代价来援助欧洲，是一种愚蠢的想法。
• Collection costs for garbage would be prohibitive in rural areas because of the dispersed population.
  在农村收集垃圾的费用会高得惊人，因为那里的人口很分散。
• Therefore, unless the part is to be made in very large numbers, the cost becomes prohibitive.
  因此，除非零部件的生产量非常大，否则，机床自动化就会因成本过高而变得不可行。
• Newer drugs offer alternatives, but they are often cost prohibitive, and few data exist on their long-term safety and effectiveness.
  有一些新的可替代药物，单它们往往要么是花费较大，或是对它们的长期安全性和有效性缺少相关数据。