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.
实用例句
1. The price of property in the city is prohibitive.
城市的房地产价格令人望而却步。
来自《权威词典》
2. The cost of repairs would be prohibitive.
修理费会高得令人望而却步.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The expense is prohibitive.
费用高得使人不敢问津.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The project was abandoned because of prohibitive costs.
这一工程计划因造价昂贵而被放弃.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
