prohibitively

• 副词，表示程度高到使某事无法进行或不可能实现。最常用于“贵得令人望而却步”，指价格高到阻碍购买或获得。

An adverb meaning "to such a high degree that something is prevented or made impossible." It is most commonly used in the phrase "prohibitively expensive," indicating that a cost is so high it prevents purchase or access.

1. Too expensive or difficultC1formal

   In a way that prevents something from happening, usually because of high cost or difficulty.

   高得令人望而却步

   • The cost of the new equipment was prohibitively high for the small business.
   • Rent in the city center is prohibitively expensive for most students.
   • The regulations made the project prohibitively complex to implement.

   同义词astronomicallyexorbitantlyimpossibly

   反义词cheaplyinexpensively