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

• Prohibitive costs mean that neither the hepatitis B nor the papillomavirus vaccine are widely used across the developing world.
  难以承受的花费意味着无论是乙型肝炎还是乳头状瘤病毒疫苗，都不可能在发展中国家广泛使用。
• For instance, using GPS receiver on each device is energy prohibitive, and is limited to outdoor applications.
  例如，使用GPS（全球卫星定位在每一个装置接收系统），是能源望而却步限于户外应用。
• The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
  自费治疗的费用高得让人望而却步。
• Gender selected embryos on average have a lower conception rate and the cost can be prohibitive.
  性挑选的胚胎一般说来有较低的怀孕率，而且费用可能是禁止的。
• If there are fewer households per transformer predicted equipment costs would be prohibitive.
  如果有少量家庭每台变压器预言设备费用是禁止的。
• Unfortunately, the costs of home ownership are prohibitive for countless millions of families in the developed world.
  然而很不幸地，对发达国家中数不清的数百万家庭而言，要拥有自己房屋的代价实在是太高了。
• The cost of making them by hand is prohibitive.
  用手工制作它们的成本过高。
• 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。
• 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。
• By using AW, their meeting was more cost effective, allowed broader participation, and had features and activities that may be prohibitive in the real world.
  会议通过使用AW降低了成本，吸引了更广泛的参与者，还提供了在真实世界中不容易实现的特性和活动。