1.起禁止作用地,抑制地,(价格)过高地,过分地
1.to a prohibitive degree
1.Even if refinancing were available for endangered firms, it would be prohibitively dear. It is only a matter of time before some go under.
即使再融资对这些公司是可行的，其代价也非常昂贵，破产只是时间问题。
2.While the upper end of this scale might be prohibitively expensive, it suggests at least some sites can be conserved.
尽管保护费用的上限可能是很昂贵的，论文认为至少一些地点可以被保护下来。
3.Since the cost of return shipping is prohibitively expensive in this case, you do not need to return the original item.
因为在这种情形下极度昂贵的航运退费，您不需要寄回原始商品。
4.Moreover, the demanded licensing fee is usually prohibitively expensive for most amateur inpiduals to clear the samples.
并且，对于一般业馀创作者来说，几乎都无力负担著作权所有者所要求的昂贵授权费用。
5.We also need regulation that makes it prohibitively expensive to pollute and waste, or to consume a disproportionate amount.
我们也需要规定来禁止昂贵的污染和浪费，或是消费不成比例。
6.While action is justified and probably not prohibitively expensive, it is going to be a huge challenge.
虽然有理由采取行动，成本可能也不是高得吓人，但它仍将是一项艰巨挑战。
7.Traditional foil stamping has always been prohibitively expensive, requiring special equipment and custom-made metal dies.
传统的烫金一向昂贵，需要特殊设备和客户定制的金属模具。
8.Air travel is prohibitively expensive in Greenland and such a journey would cost several thousand pounds, a price very few can afford.
昂贵的机票令生活在格陵兰的极地因纽特人望而却步，因为这样的旅行将花费数千英镑，很少有人负担得起。
9.Running for her is simply the world's most difficult thing, moving her plump body is simply prohibitively difficult.
跑步对于她来说简直是世界上最艰难的事情，挪动她那肥硕的身躯简直比登天还难。
10.As the hotels downtown were prohibitively expensive, residence clubs were among the most attractive options for these students.
由于市区的酒店都极度昂贵，住宅俱乐部就是对这些学生最有吸引力的选择。