prohibitively

/prəˈhɪbətɪvli/ adv.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

（价格等）高得令人望而却步地；禁止性地

释义与例句

adv. （价格等）高得令人望而却步地；禁止性地
to such a high degree that it prevents something from being done, bought, or used
  1. In the capital, housing is prohibitively expensive for most young people.
    在首都，房价高得让大多数年轻人望而却步。
  2. The cost of the new drug is prohibitively high for patients without insurance.
    这种新药的费用对没有保险的病人来说高得难以承受。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. Import tariffs make foreign cars prohibitively costly in this country.
    进口关税使得外国汽车在该国价格高得令人却步。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 prohibit（禁止）+ -ive + -ly →禁止性地，（价格）高得让人止步

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • prohibitive 禁止性的；（价格）高得令人却步的
    形容词，指价格或成本高到使人无法承受的。
  • prohibit 禁止；阻止
    动词，指通过法律或规则禁止某事。
同义词
  • forbiddingly 令人望而生畏地；高得令人却步地
    prohibitively 多指价格或成本高得使人却步；forbiddingly 既可指价格昂贵，也可指外观、态度等令人畏惧。
    The mountain peak rose forbiddingly above the clouds. 山峰高耸入云，令人望而生畏。
反义词
  • affordably 付得起地；价格合理地
    prohibitively 指价格高得让人买不起；affordably 指价格在可承受范围内，二者在价格高低上相反。
    The new apartments are priced affordably for first-time buyers. 这些新公寓的定价让首次购房者也能负担得起。
常见搭配
  • prohibitively expensive 昂贵得令人却步
    Private healthcare can be prohibitively expensive for many families. 私人医疗保健对许多家庭来说可能昂贵得令人却步。
  • prohibitively high 高得令人却步
    The interest rates on the loan were prohibitively high. 这笔贷款的利率高得令人却步。
  • prohibitively costly 成本过高
    Building the tunnel would be prohibitively costly for the city. 修建这条隧道对这座城市来说成本过高。