extortionate

英 [ɪkˈstɔːʃənət]

美 [ɪkˈstɔːrʃənət]

adj.  过于昂贵的; 过高的

TEM8法律

BNC.24654 / COCA.42375

牛津词典

adj.

• 过于昂贵的；过高的
  much too high
  1. They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest.
     他们在放高利贷。

柯林斯词典

• （价格等）过高的，离谱的
  If you describe something such as a price asextortionate, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be.

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:exorbitantoutrageoussteepunconscionableusurious

双语例句

• Cybersquatters will generally either offer to sell the name back to the trademark owner for an extortionate price, or make money from Internet traffic accidentally landing on their page.
  一般而言，域名抢注者或将域名以高价出售给商标所有者，或通过用户偶然登陆其网站带来的互联网流量谋利。
• This section additionally includes extortionate demands through the use of the United States Postal Service, behavior proscribed by18 U.S.C. §§ 876-877.
  另外这一部分还包括通过《美国法典》第18编867-877条所禁止的利用美国邮政系统（UnitedStatesPostalService）以进行敲诈勒索赎金的行为。
• The price exacted By the hijackers for redeeming the hostages was extortionate.
  劫持者为交换人质而索要的代价太过分了。
• Exorbitant rent; extortionate prices; spends an outrageous amount on entertainment; usorious interest rate; unconscionable spending.
  过高的租金；过高的价格；在款待上花费过高；过高的利率；过高的开销。
• Bars where the music is loud and the drinks extortionate.
  音乐闹哄哄、酒价又奇贵的酒吧。
• Study on Regulation Pattern for Extortionate Price of Pharmaceutical
  药品价格虚高的管制模式研究
• In view of the extortionate outlay this involves, Luke has stopped buying his newspaper and ( an even greater sacrifice) The Reader's Digest, his two favourite publications.
  由于转学后花费太大，卢克已经不买报纸和《读者文摘》（这对他来说是更大的牺牲）了，这两样是他最心爱的两种出版物。
• Inside stock exchange refers to the behavior that insiders make use of their mastered inside stock information or provide the information for others to exchange and make extortionate profit.
  证券内幕交易是指知情人员利用所掌握的内部证券信息进行证券交易，或者将所掌握的内部信息提供给他人进行证券交易的行为。
• Lenin's Thought about "Direct Transition" was related to his three extortionate estimates. Firstly, Lenin extortionately estimated the Russian economic level;
  这一思想与当时列宁的三个过高的估计有着直接的关系，一是列宁过高地估计了俄国经济发展的水平；
• They are asking an extortionate amount of money for their house.
  他们的房子要价太高。