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
- Multitudes of believers and church workers in China face exorbitant medical costs which they cannot pay.
许多中国信徒和传道人都无法负担高昂的医疗费用。 - 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。 - We expect the burden to rise to an exorbitant 30 per cent by 2012.
我们预计，偿债负担到2012年将升至过高的30%。 - But why was it given such an exorbitant price?
可是它的价格为什么会那么高啊？ - 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。 - 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。 - The people of a great nation will not starve to pay an exorbitant debt to foreign creditors forever.
即便是一个伟大国度的人民，也不会一边饿着肚子，一边不断向外国债权人偿还高得不合理的债务。 - 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。 - Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.
以两美元买十二个蛋，价格过高。 - Vacation rentals can charge exorbitant rates per night as rent.
假期出租可以一夜收取非常昂贵的房租。