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prohibitively

🇬🇧 UK🇺🇸 US
TOEFLB2

Definitions

adv.

To a degree that prevents or discourages action, especially due to excessive cost.

高得令人望而却步地;禁止性地

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
prohibithold, restrain, prohibit
+
ivetending to, having the nature of
+
lyin the manner of
=prohibitively

Common Collocations

  • 1.prohibitively expensive贵得令人望而却步
  • 2.prohibitively high高得离谱
  • 3.prohibitively costly代价高昂
  • 4.prohibitively difficult难度极大

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The treatment is prohibitively expensive for most patients without insurance.

  • 2.

    Traveling to remote research sites can be prohibitively time-consuming and costly.

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