On legislative science, prohibitive regulation expresses the aim of preventing national power from invading citizen rights better. 从立法学上来说,禁止性规则更能表达防范国家权力可能侵犯公民权利的目的。
The government has put a prohibitive tax on foreign goods. 政府对外国货征收抑制性税率。
The cost of travel to the far east is prohibitive. 到远东旅游的费用高的令人不敢问津。
The costs of relocating a business are often prohibitive. 迁移商店的成本通常是非常高的。
经典引文
His smile, vague, pleasant, prohibitive of deeper enquiries.