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| | | | ADJ | | | | | /prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪv/ | | | | | 1 | a prohibitive cost or price prevents people from buying something because it is too expensive （费用或价格）高得令人望而却步的 | The cost of conversion to western technology would be prohibitive. 向西方科技转化的费用可能会高昂得令人望而却步。 | | | | | 2 | limiting something , or preventing something from being done 限制性的；禁止的 | prohibitive laws 限制性法规 | | | | | DERIVED WORD | | prohibitively adv | | Insurance for dangerous sports can be prohibitively expensive. 危险体育运动的保险费用可能高得令人望而却步。 | | | |