prohibitive

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more prohibitive

Superlative

most prohibitive

1.
Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
2.
Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort.
3.
Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.
Đồng nghĩa: extortionate
4.
(US)Being the presumptive or likely winner of a contest.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

prohibitives

1.
(grammar) A negative imperative.

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Đồng nghĩa

extortionate

Cùng gốc / liên quan

nonprohibitive prohibitively prohibitiveness unprohibitivecost-prohibitiveprohibitive mood

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. prohibit.