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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Collins.1 / BNC.18544 / COCA.17838

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

• It doesn't reduce the burden of database concurrency and the required technologies are often cost prohibitive.
  它不能减小数据库并发性负担，需要的技术通常成本高昂，无法实施。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The expense is prohibitive.
  费用高得使人不敢问津。
• The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
  自费治疗的费用高得让人望而却步。
• 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。
• 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。