English-Thai Dictionary

prohibitive

ADJ ซึ่ง ยับยั้ง  ซึ่ง จำกัด  restrictive restraining limiting sueng-yab-yang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROHIBITIVE, PROHIBITORY

a.Forbidding; implying prohibition.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROHIBITIVE

Pro *hib "it *ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. prohibitif. ]

 

Defn: That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prohibitive

pro hib i tive |prəˈhibitiv, prō -prəˈhɪbədɪv proʊˈhɪbədɪv | ▶adjective 1 (of a price or charge ) excessively high; difficult or impossible to pay: the costs involved were prohibitive | prohibitive interest rates. 2 (esp. of a law or rule ) forbidding or restricting something: prohibitive legislation. • (of a condition or situation ) preventing someone from doing something: a wind over force 5 is prohibitive. DERIVATIVES pro hib i tive ly adverb, pro hib i tive ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 ): from French prohibitif, -ive or Latin prohibitivus, from prohibit- ‘kept in check, ’ from the verb prohibere (see prohibit ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

prohibitive

pro |hibi ¦tive |prə (ʊ )ˈhɪbɪtɪv | ▶adjective 1 (of a law or rule ) forbidding or restricting something: prohibitive legislation. • preventing someone from doing something: books made browser-proof with prohibitive cellophane wrapping. 2 (of a price or charge ) so high as to prevent something being done or bought: the cost of converting existing power stations is likely to be prohibitive. DERIVATIVES prohibitively adverb, prohibitiveness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 1 ): from French prohibitif, -ive or Latin prohibitivus, from prohibit- ‘kept in check ’, from the verb prohibere (see prohibit ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prohibitive

prohibitive adjective 1 prohibitive costs: exorbitant, excessively high, sky-high, overinflated; out of the question, beyond one's means; extortionate, unreasonable; informal steep, criminal. 2 prohibitive regulations: proscriptive, prohibitory, restrictive, repressive.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prohibitive

prohibitive adjective 1 production costs have been prohibitive: excessively high, extortionate, excessive, exorbitant, sky-high, preposterous, outrageous, scandalous, out of the question, beyond one's means, more than one can afford, unreasonable, impossible, overinflated; informal steep, criminal. 2 prohibitive regulations: proscriptive, prohibitory, restrictive, suppressive, repressive, restraining, inhibitory.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prohibitive

pro hib i tive /proʊhɪ́bətɪv |prə (ʊ )-/形容詞 ｟主に書 ｠1 ｟かたく ｠〈値段や税金が 〉法外な .2 〈規則が 〉 (行為を )阻止するための ; 禁制の .～ly 副詞 法外に 〈高価な 〉.