exorbitant
英 [ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt]
美 [ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt]
adj. 过高的; 高得离谱的
BNC.18828 / COCA.16520
牛津词典
adj.
- 过高的；高得离谱的
much too high- exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents
过高的花费 / 交通费 / 收费 / 价格 / 租金
- exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents
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.- 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。
- Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.
英英释义
adj
- greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
双语例句
- At present, the cost of negotiation, execution and supervision in decentralization institution are exorbitant.
目前我国中央与地方分权制度存在谈判费用、执行费用和监督费用均过高的问题。 - A first step would be to take the axe to the exorbitant costs of the Italian political system.
第一步将是举起斧头，砍掉意大利政治制度的高昂成本。 - 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。 - For most people, an extremely exorbitant tax rate is tantamount to death.
对大多数人来讲，极高的税率无异于死亡。 - 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。 - Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.
以两美元买十二个蛋，价格过高。 - And consumers engaged in a concerted effort to reduce unnecessary and exorbitant waste.
消费者共同努力减少不必要的过度的浪费，农业现代化就不能实现。 - But why was it given such an exorbitant price?
可是它的价格为什么会那么高啊？ - 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 - Unsuspecting buyers paid exorbitant prices for their railroad stock.
轻信的买主为买进铁路股份而付出了过高的代价。