prohibitive

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a. 禁止的, 禁止性的 [经] 禁止性的, 抑制的

发音

US /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/

词形变化

prohibitives 复数 prohibitives more prohibitive 比较级 most prohibitive 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

禁止的，禁止性的；抑制的；（费用，价格等）过高的；类同禁止的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A negative imperative.

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adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Being the presumptive or likely winner of a contest.

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  2. 2.

    Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.

    Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.

  3. 3.

    Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort.

  4. 4.

    Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.

    I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

prohibitory

近义相关 2

preventive preventative

相关短语

prohibitive mood

词源

From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive.

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