prohibitive

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pro·hib·i·tive /prəˈhɪbətɪv $ proʊ-/ AWL adjectiveadj

1 EXPENSIVEprohibitive costs are so high that they prevent people from buying or doing something 〔价格〕高得负担不起的，贵得使人望而却步的

The cost of land in Tokyo is prohibitive.

东京地价令人望而却步。

2 SCLa prohibitive rule prevents people from doing things 〔规定〕禁止性的，起阻止作用的

prohibitive regulations

禁律

—prohibitively adverbadv

Moving house would be prohibitively expensive.

搬家的费用可能会高得惊人。

Examples from the Corpus

prohibitive• The cost of renovating the old buildings would be prohibitive.• And the cost can be prohibitive.• Especially for a large word list the memory requirements are prohibitive.• However Haines says that the processor count is unlikely to grow since the overheads become prohibitive.• However, many companies find the cost of planning and implementation prohibitive.• Trade will reduce welfare when transport costs are sufficiently close to prohibitive and increase it when they are sufficiently low.• The cost of uniforms and books was becoming prohibitive and the gang scene was worsening at school.• The remainder will need training, services and hand-holding ranging from extensive to nearly prohibitive, she says.• Snowden, unlike Samuel, was willing to agree in late September to a prohibitive tariff on luxury goods.• a prohibitive tax on imports

From Longman Business Dictionary

prohibitivepro·hib·i·tive /prəˈhɪbətɪvproʊ-/ adjectiveadj

FINANCEprohibitive costs, prices etc are very high, and people cannot afford them

Given the resources of small companies, marketingcosts can beprohibitive.

Disney started its own record label rather than pay a prohibitive price for an existing independent.

pro·hib·i·tive adjectiveadj

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