prohibitive
a 禁止的，价格极贵的（prohibit禁止+ive→价格到了禁止人买的地步）
释义2：
prohibitive
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◙ adjective1. (of a price or charge) excessively high; difficult or impossible to pay• （价格，收费）过高的；高得负担不起的 »the costs involved were prohibitive. 涉及的成本高得令人望而却步。 »prohibitive interest rates. 高得负担不起的利率。2. (especially of a law or rule) forbidding or restricting something• （尤指法律、规章）禁止的，禁止性的 »prohibitive legislation. 禁止性法规。 (of a condition or situation) preventing someone from doing something• （情况、局势等）阻止某人做某事的；令人望而却步的 »a wind over force 5 is prohibitive. 五级以上的大风使人无法再干活。【派生】
♦ prohibitively adverb♦ prohibitiveness noun【语源】
1. late Middle English (in sense 2): from French prohibitif, -ive or Latin prohibitivus, from prohibit- 'kept in check', from the verb prohibere (see prohibit )
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