exorbitant

英 [ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt]

美 [ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt]

adj.  过高的; 高得离谱的

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BNC.18828 / COCA.16520

牛津词典

adj.

• 过高的；高得离谱的
  much too high
  1. exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents
     过高的花费 / 交通费 / 收费 / 价格 / 租金

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过度的;过分的；过高的
  If you describe something such as a price or fee asexorbitant, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be.
  1. Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.
     过高的房价已经造成了穷人能够买得起的住房严重短缺。

英英释义

adj

• greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  1. exorbitant rent
  2. extortionate prices
  3. spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
  4. usurious interest rate
  5. unconscionable spending
  Synonym:extortionateoutrageoussteepunconscionableusurious

双语例句

• But why was it given such an exorbitant price?
  可是它的价格为什么会那么高啊？
• Though the existing tax system can be applied temporarily, unreasonable, exorbitant taxes and levies should gradually be abolished. In those days various sorts of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous levies were put on from time to time.
  暂时采用原有的税制，而逐渐地取消几种不合理的苛捐杂税。那时候，总是有各种苛捐杂税加在人民的身上。
• Do not know this is what exorbitant taxes and levies!
  不知道这是什么苛捐杂税！
• Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.
  以两美元买十二个蛋，价格过高。
• These customers are the target of retailers who dare to ask for exorbitant prices.
  这部分顾客就是零售商制定过高价格的目标。
• But, if blood is calcic content is exorbitant, can hamper zincic absorption.
  但是，如果血钙含量过高，则会妨碍锌的吸收。
• Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
  投资仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本过高。
• You're bigger and more exorbitant, Stone said, referring to the changes.
  更大型更高端，斯通说，他指的是变化。
• The practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest, especially at an exorbitant or illegallyhigh rate.
  高利贷借给他人钱并要求贷者付很高的利息的做法，尤其利息异常地或非法地高。
• Added operating costs because of exorbitant taxes and levies as well as long pay back period
  苛捐杂税多、收款期长增加营运成本