这个词让人联想到令人望而却步的价格。

The term makes people think of prohibitive prices.

youdao

这是一项战略也是一件令人望而却步的任务。

This is a strategic and daunting task.

youdao

莫斯科-对于海上钻探，北冰洋是一个令人望而却步的地方。

MOSCOW - The Arctic Ocean is a forbidding place for oil drillers.

youdao

.. So for most people it was prohibitively-- We're talking in today's prices, roughly speaking.

所以这会使大多数人望而却步-,我以现在的物价水平做参照，大概而已。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Boy, none of you have 401k's, you're not even wincing at that thing.

孩子们，你们一个有401K’s的也没有吧，你们对那个东西甚至都望而却步了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选