It distorts markets, discourages investors, and stunts economic growth.

它还扰乱市场、使投资者望而却步、阻碍增长。

Okay, I'm dragging my feet because I have a brain injury.

我却步不前是因为我摔伤了头。

It used to be just prohibitively expensive.

它曾贵得让人望而却步。

Unnaturally high nicotine concentrations deterred the bees.

尼古丁浓度高于自然水平使大黄蜂望而却步。

Something about the tech industry puts off female applicants.

科技行业的某些东西让女性申请者望而却步。

But don't let that stop you.

但是要不因此望而却步。

At first it is very daunting.

一开始，这让人望而却步。

It puts them off – it discourages them from doing something.

让他们望而却步——不愿某事。

From such a connection she could not wonder that he should shrink.

她当然不怪他对这门亲事望而却步。

It's you know, maybe it's the word " date" that's throwing me off.

也许是“约”这词让我却步了。

They'd been deterred by news of President Trump's tough anti-immigration policies.

特朗普总统强硬的反移民政策令他们望而却步。

And this sort of problem is driving away desperately needed foreign investment.

这种问题导致亟需的外国投资望而却步。

The illicit economy is one of the most daunting challenges we face today.

非法是我们每天都要面临的最让人却步的挑战之一。

And building new plants has become prohibitively expensive.

而且，建造新工厂的成本已高得令人望而却步。

Puffed-up titles may put good candidates off.

夸大的头衔可能让优秀的应聘者望而却步。

Many businesses fear that passing along those costs would turn off many buyers.

许多企业担心，转嫁这些成本让许多买家望而却步。

Recession in rich countries has discouraged some would-be incomers from trying their luck.

发达国家的衰退已让一些潜在移民望而却步。

But this English staple could be under threat from higher prices.

但这种英式主食可能因为更高的价格使得人们望而却步。

Its leaves are full of a toxin called emodin that discourages browsers.

它的叶子充满了一种名为大黄素的毒素，使得食草动物望而却步。

But without ample government funding, they can be prohibitively expensive.

但如果没有充足的政府资金，它们的成本可能高得令人望而却步。