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

它还扰乱市场、使投资者望而却步、阻碍经济增长。

The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place.

高档一点的古玩店为了防尘，把文物陈列在玻璃柜子里，那里往往令人望而却步。

Unnaturally high nicotine concentrations deterred the bees.

尼古丁浓度高于自然水平会使大黄蜂望而却步。

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。

- - being able to only to do various kinds of things and it's been prohibitibly expensive and we're trying to attack both of those things.

能够只做各种各样的事情，这是令人望而却步的昂贵，我们试图攻这两个东西。

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。

And then, of course, there was the sheer size of the library; tens of thousands of books; thousands of shelves; hundreds of narrow rows.

还有，当然啦，单是馆内藏书的规模就令人望而却步，那里有成千上万本书，几千个书架，几百条狭窄的通道。

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

让他们望而却步——不愿做某事。

Traffic jam leads to expense and unpredictability, things that keep investors away.

交通堵塞导致的成本上升和不可预测性都会让投资者望而却步。

And building new plants has become prohibitively expensive.

而且，建造新工厂的成本已经高得令人望而却步。

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。

With so much on your plate, you may feel overwhelmed, discouraging you from accomplishing anything.

面对如此多的事情，你可能会感到力不从心，对完成任何事情都望而却步。

And I think that's one of the most daunting things about writing.

我觉得那可能是写作最令人望而却步的一部分。

Ford was more relieved than deterred with the closure of the Detroit Automobile Company.

底特律汽车公司的关闭与其说让福特望而却步，不如说让福特松了一口气。

For those who find these distances a little daunting, passengers can stretch their legs at a number of different stops such as Kalgoorlie, famous for gold, and Broken Hill, first founded as a silver mine.

对于那些觉得这些距离有些令人望而却步的人来说，乘客可以在多个不同的停靠点下车活动，比如以黄金闻名的卡尔古利和最初作为银矿建立的布罗肯希尔。

The cost of the Apple Watch—which starts at $300—puts people off.

苹果手表以300美元开售的价格让很多人望而却步。

But in office his coarseness turned some voters off, even as it thrilled others.

但在执政期间，他的粗俗不堪让一些选民欣喜若狂，也让其他选民望而却步。

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。

In past years, concerns about pollution and the Danube kept many swimmers away.

在过去的几年里，对污染和多瑙河的担忧使许多游泳者望而却步。

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。