pro·hib·i·tive

adjective

/prəˈhɪbətɪv/

/prəˈhɪbətɪv/, /prəʊˈhɪbətɪv/

(of a price or a cost) so high that it prevents people from buying something or doing something高昂得令人难以承受的；贵得买不起的 synonym exorbitant
- prohibitive costs难以承受的费用
- a prohibitive tax on imported cars对进口汽车的寓禁于征的税收
- The price of property in the city is prohibitive.城市的房地产价格令人望而却步。
preventing people from doing something by law（以法令）禁止的
- prohibitive legislation禁律
(North American English) (of a person taking part in an election or a competition) extremely likely to win极可能获胜的
- Miami began the day a prohibitive Super Bowl favorite.迈阿密队今天从一开始就表现出是美国橄榄球超级碗大赛的夺冠热门。

Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from French prohibitif, -ive or Latin prohibitivus, from prohibit- ‘kept in check’, from the verb prohibere, from pro- ‘in front’ + habere ‘to hold’.

单词	prohibitive
释义	pro·hib·i·tive adjective /prəˈhɪbətɪv/ /prəˈhɪbətɪv/, /prəʊˈhɪbətɪv/ (of a price or a cost) so high that it prevents people from buying something or doing something高昂得令人难以承受的；贵得买不起的 synonym exorbitant prohibitive costs难以承受的费用 a prohibitive tax on imported cars对进口汽车的寓禁于征的税收 The price of property in the city is prohibitive.城市的房地产价格令人望而却步。 preventing people from doing something by law（以法令）禁止的 prohibitive legislation禁律 (North American English) (of a person taking part in an election or a competition) extremely likely to win极可能获胜的 Miami began the day a prohibitive Super Bowl favorite.迈阿密队今天从一开始就表现出是美国橄榄球超级碗大赛的夺冠热门。 Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from French prohibitif, -ive or Latin prohibitivus, from prohibit- ‘kept in check’, from the verb prohibere, from pro- ‘in front’ + habere ‘to hold’.
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