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(chǎn)價格令人望而卻步。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The cost of repairs would be prohibitive.
修理費(fèi)會高得令人望而卻步.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The expense is prohibitive.
費(fèi)用高得使人不敢問津.
來自《現(xiàn)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(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.