单词 | prohibitive |
释义 | prohibitiveadj. 1. That prohibits; having the effect of forbidding, preventing, or excluding; preventative or restrictive of (or †for) something. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective] prohibitive?a1425 inhibitory1490 negative1526 prohibitory1564 forbidding1574 inhibiting1607 countermanding1677 inhibitive1830 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 98v Ipocras..in byndyng þe fracture, counsaileþ 3 bendez: 1a. forsoþ fro þe place of þe fracture in ascendyng, which is prohibitif or defensyf [?c1425 Paris lettinge; L. prohibitiua] of descendyng of materie. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 93 (MED) Rude..is..prohibityue of cursez of humours. 1571 W. Fulke Confut. Popishe Libelle (new ed.) 64v Right reason telleth vs, that the prohibitiue Commaundementes, are also preceptiue, and the preceptiue commaundementes, are also prohibitiue. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 86 When it is apparant that such meetings are not made of euill intent, the prohibitiue Law ceaseth. 1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable i. 12 In case ther bee Lawes prohibitiue for traueling, it is the dutie of euerie subiect [etc.]. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. i. 14 When the preceptive or prohibitive clauses are reduplicated. 1714 C. Owen Amazon Disarm'd 38 Has the Divine Right of Episcopal Church Government Exclusive and Prohibitive of all others, been demonstrated to you? 1765 Act 5 Geo. III c. 26 Preamble [They] should convey, settle, and intail the lands..with all the proper, prohibitive, irritant, and resolutive clauses. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. v. 205 Prohibitive and protective regulations..force capital and industry into less productive channels than those into which they would otherwise flow. 1889 Voice (N.Y.) 30 May The decrease [of saloons] being almost wholly due to the special prohibitive power of the judges of the license courts. 1982 A. Brookner Providence (1985) v. 60 His smile, vague, pleasant, prohibitive of deeper enquiries. 2001 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 95 357 The nonderogable rights are essentially prohibitive provisions. 2. Grammar. That expresses prohibition; negative in an imperative use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > prohibitive prohibitory1755 prohibitive1759 1759 R. Spearman Lett. to Friend 242 The second citation is from the decalogue, Exod. xx. 17. Deut. v. 21. where, besides the change of the prohibitive particle ου into μη, and of the mood [etc.]. 1769 J. Parkhurst Greek Lex. 375/2 MH, An Adv...used as a negative or prohibitive particle [in Hebrew], and signifying lest, that not. 1863 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 7 293 In Gond, one of the Dravidian dialects, the prohibitive particle minni is used. 1875 P. Le P. Renouf Egypt. Gram. 56 The prohibitive em is frequently placed before [etc.]. 1908 N.E.D. at Prohibitive a. The Greek μη and Lat. ne with the imperative have a prohibitive force. 1939 Language 15 237 A prohibition may be made explicit by using keko followed by the prohibitive mode form of the appropriate verb. 1979 Trans. Philol. Soc. 134 Hallock's analysis of kinnen must be combined with his statement..that the Conj. III infinitive by anu serves as prohibitive. 2001 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 60 168/1 The [Old Persian] prohibitive particle, is rendered in Aramaic by..the jussive particle. 3. Of conditions, as taxes or prices: so high or great as to be restrictive or preventative. (Now the most common sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] checking1548 preclusory1609 preclusivea1626 preventivea1626 preventional1647 preventative1655 prevential1657 prohibitory1767 prohibitive1811 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] > such as to prevent (ab)use prohibitory1767 prohibitive1811 1811 Times 20 Dec. 2/5 Hence the embargo, the Non-Intercourse Act, and the prohibitive duties. 1886 American 12 100 A tax whose effect will be prohibitive. 1888 H. H. Arnold Third Rep. Commanding General U.S. Army Air Forces in War Rep. iv. 163 The cabrates are prohibitive—more than half of the people who in England would use cabs must in America use the horse-cars. 1955 C. B. Walker tr. A. Guinier & G. Fournet Small-angle Scattering X-rays iii. 104 It might be thought that the double monochromatization and the large distance from X-ray tube to film would require a prohibitive increase in the exposure time. 1970 D. M. Hart in L. E. Sweet Peoples & Culture of Middle East II. 35 He had to pay..the sum, crushingly prohibitive at the time, of 1000 duros hasani to the assembled imgharen. 2005 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 13 Mar. c 7 Working mothers are giving up on careers, either because the cost of child care proves prohibitive or because they can't tune out the guilt. Derivatives proˈhibitively adv. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adverb] prohibitively1788 prohibitorily1836 1788 N. Salmon Compl. Syst. French Lang. 202 Whenever craindre is followed by que, either the first member ought to be fully negative, or the second ought to be prohibitively negative. a1871 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 296 I waved my hand prohibitively at the door. 1912 Times 20 Apr. 14/1 To purchase land suitable for various purposes while the land was cheap, before the price became prohibitively high. 1997 N.Y. Times 15 June h34/4 In the early 70's, sophisticated electronic instruments were prohibitively expensive and often the size of a bedroom closet. proˈhibitiveness n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > state of being prohibitive prohibitiveness1891 1891 T. Hardy Let. 15 July (1978) I. 240 The late Lord Lytton..abolished prohibitiveness as between himself & the mass of the thinking public..by consenting to paper covers at 2s/-. 1942 Southern Econ. Jrnl. 8 349 American Brass propsed to squeeze out a new and better metal by the simple expedient of ‘price prohibitiveness’. 1998 Compar. Politics 31 79 The prohibitiveness of conditions for eligibility. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425 |
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