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

它还扰乱市场、者望而却步、阻碍经济增长。

It used to be just prohibitively expensive.

它曾经贵得让人望而却步。

Unnaturally high nicotine concentrations deterred the bees.

尼古丁浓度高于自然水平会大黄蜂望而却步。

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，这样做会让人望而却步。

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

让他们望而却步——不愿做某事。

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。

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望而却步。

And building new plants has become prohibitively expensive.

而且，建厂的成本已经高得令人望而却步。

Puffed-up titles may put good candidates off.

夸大的头衔可能会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，转嫁这些成本会让许多买家望而却步。

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

发达国家的经济衰退已经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，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金，它们的成本可能会高得令人望而却步。

This is a guarantee of changeable American leadership, off-putting to allies, and guaranteed to fail.

这是美国领导层变化无常的保证，让盟国望而却步，而且注定要失败。

So no doubt it would have been very intimidating for other carnivores to come across.

毫无疑问其它附近的肉食动物都会对它望而却步。

So why aren't higher prices deterring holiday shoppers?

那么，为什么更高的价格没有让假日购物者望而却步呢？