prohibitive

adjective

/prəˈhɪbətɪv/

/prəˈhɪbətɪv/, /prəʊˈhɪbətɪv/

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(of a price or a cost) so high that it prevents people from buying something or doing something synonym exorbitant
- prohibitive costs
- a prohibitive tax on imported cars
- The price of property in the city is prohibitive.
preventing people from doing something by law
- prohibitive legislation
(North American English) (of a person taking part in an election or a competition) extremely likely to win
- Miami began the day a prohibitive Super Bowl favorite.

Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from French prohibitif, -ive or Latin prohibitivus, from prohibit- ‘kept in check’, from the verb prohibere, from pro- ‘in front’ + habere ‘to hold’.

单词	prohibitive
释义	prohibitive adjective /prəˈhɪbətɪv/ /prəˈhɪbətɪv/, /prəʊˈhɪbətɪv/ jump to other results (of a price or a cost) so high that it prevents people from buying something or doing something synonym exorbitant prohibitive costs a prohibitive tax on imported cars The price of property in the city is prohibitive. preventing people from doing something by law prohibitive legislation (North American English) (of a person taking part in an election or a competition) extremely likely to win Miami began the day a prohibitive Super Bowl favorite. Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from French prohibitif, -ive or Latin prohibitivus, from prohibit- ‘kept in check’, from the verb prohibere, from pro- ‘in front’ + habere ‘to hold’.
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