prohibitive
英 [prə(ʊ)'hɪbɪtɪv]
美 [prə'hɪbətɪv]
- adj. 禁止的，禁止性的；抑製的；（費用，價格等）過高的；類同禁止的
中文詞源
prohibitive 禁止的，貴得買不起的來自prohibit,禁止。引申詞義昂貴的，貴得買不起的。
英文詞源
- prohibitive (adj.)
- c. 1600, "having the quality of prohibiting," from prohibit + -ive, or else from French prohibitif (16c.), from Late Latin prohibit-, past participle stem of prohibere. Of prices, rates, etc., "so high as to prevent use," it is from 1886. Related: Prohibitively.
雙語例句
- 1. The price of property in the city is prohibitive.
- 城市的房地產價格令人望而卻步。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The cost of repairs would be prohibitive.
- 修理費會高得令人望而卻步.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The expense is prohibitive.
- 費用高得使人不敢問津.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The project was abandoned because of prohibitive costs.
- 這一工程計劃因造價昂貴而被放棄.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
- 自費治療的費用高得讓人望而卻步。
來自辭典例句