prohibitive
adjective /prəˈhɪbətɪv/
/prəˈhɪbətɪv/, /prəʊˈhɪbətɪv/
- (of a price or a cost
价格或费用 高昂得令人难以承受的；贵得买不起的 - 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。
- prohibitive costs
- preventing people from doing something by law
（以法令）禁止的 - prohibitive legislation
禁律
- prohibitive legislation
- (North American English) (of a person taking part in an election or a competition
参加竞选或比赛的人 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。
- Miami began the day a prohibitive Super Bowl favorite.
词源late 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’.