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源自拉丁语 'prohibere'(意为禁止),通过中古英语演变而来,后缀 '-ive' 和 '-ly' 构成副词形式。
❶ 指某事物的价格、成本或难度高到几乎无法承受或实现的程度,常用于形容费用昂贵或条件严苛的情况。
“The cost of living in this city is prohibitively high for most people.”
(这座城市的生活成本对大多数人来说高得难以承受。)
“The import taxes made the car prohibitively expensive.”
(进口税使得这辆车的价格高得让人望而却步。)
prohibitively expensive — 形容某物价格极高,以至于大多数人无法负担或购买。
“The designer handbag was prohibitively expensive for her budget.”
(这款设计师手袋的价格超出了她的预算,根本买不起。)