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单词 prohibitive
释义
prohibitive
adjective
uk
/prəˈhɪb.ɪ.tɪv/us
/proʊˈhɪb.ə.t̬ɪv/
If thecostof something is prohibitive, it is tooexpensivefor mostpeople:
（费用）高得负担不起的，（价格等）使人望而却步的
Hotelpricesin themajorcitiesare high but not prohibitive.大城市里的旅馆费用昂贵，但还能负担得起。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Costing too much
  • a bottomless pitidiom
  • bottomless
  • capital intensive
  • cheap
  • cheap at half the priceidiom
  • cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
  • costsomeonea pretty pennyidiom
  • costsomeonedearidiom
  • daylight robbery
  • dear
  • exorbitant
  • gouge
  • non-competitive
  • outprice
  • overcharge
  • pretty
  • price fixing
  • pricesomeoneout
  • priceyourselfout of the marketidiom
  • sight
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prohibitively
(Definition ofprohibitivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

prohibitive| American Dictionary

prohibitive
adjective
us
/proʊˈhɪb·ɪ·t̬ɪv,prə-/
(ofcosts) tooexpensivetopay:
Thecostof anursinghomeis prohibitive.

prohibitively

adverbus
/proʊˈhɪb·ɪ·t̬ɪv·li,prə-/
Fees are prohibitivelyexpensive.
(Definition ofprohibitivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

prohibitive| Business English

prohibitive
adjective
uk
/prəʊˈhɪbətɪv/us
/prəˈhɪbətɪv/
tooexpensivefor mostpeople:
prohibitive costs/fees/ratesGreengroupshave beenunabletochallengeinstancesofpollutionincourtbecause of prohibitivecosts.
He'd like to uselocallygrowncottonseed orpeanutstocreatebiofuel, butpricesremainprohibitive.
be prohibitive for sbRents in theareaare prohibitive for manyhouseholds.
preventingsomething from being done, orpreventingothersfromsucceeding:
She isthe prohibitivefavoritetowintheDemocraticnomination.
prohibitivelaws/legislation
(Definition ofprohibitivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprohibitive

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Secondly, even if it was possible, the performance cost of checking all array stores would beprohibitive.
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However, theprohibitiveamount of calculations necessary make any definite statements on the range of validity impossible.
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In any case, readers should realize that developing large item pools is quite costly and may prove to beprohibitivefor some.
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In some areas such as insider trading, judges may be unwilling to bearprohibitivesearch costs of investigation.
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According to the interviews, seal and beluga hunts often require long trips, making the operation costs of a canoe with an outboard engineprohibitive.
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Even when a specific individual imposedprohibitiveagreements on the community, it was the people who punished violators, not the one who conferred the agreement.
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That said, there is little reason to believe that implementation costs for informal sources are, in general,prohibitive.
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In the ideal situation,prohibitiveagreements actually reflected the latent wishes of the villagers and what they wanted the authorities to do.
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Finally, the computational complexity and usefulness of the machine-proposed variables and constraints, resulting from qualitative system identification, may beprohibitivein practical applications.
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A great deal of theprohibitivedialogue has disappeared (though not all).
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Without increases in budgets for staff training within general practice, the costs of developing a solid knowledge base may beprohibitive.
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However, the cost of a sufficient number of boluses to treat adult cattle could beprohibitive.
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Likewise, the difficulty in obtaining high quality micronutrient fertilizers and spreading them evenly on the soil can beprohibitive.
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While a large number of small tasks results in good load balancing, the organizational overhead becomesprohibitive.
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The unknown variables introduced by donor plasma in the priming volume areprohibitiveof predicting the effect of heparin based on sensitivity and dilution calculations.
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