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

• He'd made some calls and found the cost of shipping a mare to the States was prohibitive.
  他就此事打了数次电话给我，而且发现运一匹成年母马到美国的成本高得令人不敢问津。
• 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。
• 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。
• The cost of education becomes prohibitive to lower-income families.
  许多低收入家庭对教育经费不敢问津。
• There are reports of bookings for holiday apartments and villas being cancelled because travellers have been unable to get a car, or have found the prices prohibitive.
  有报道称由于旅行者无法获得一辆租赁汽车或感觉价格难以承担，而取消了预定假日公寓、别墅的行动。
• The costs of relocating a business are often prohibitive.
  迁移商店的成本通常是非常高的。
• 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。
• 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。
• The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
  自费治疗的费用高得让人望而却步。
• 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。