| 单词 | exorbitant |
| 释义 | exorbitantWord family nounexorbitanceadverbexorbitantlyadjectiveexorbitantverbexorbitate ex·or·bi·tant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt $ -ɔːr-/ ●○○ adjectiveadj EXPENSIVEan exorbitant price, amount of money etc is much higher than it should be 〔价格、金额等〕过高的 SYN astronomical exorbitant rent/prices etc ► see thesaurus at expensive exorbitant rates of interest 过高的利率 —exorbitantly adverbadv Examples from the Corpus exorbitant• It's a nice hotel, but the prices are exorbitant.• And the price of entertainment everywhere is exorbitant.• Only 10 to 15 percent goes toward administrative costs, which is certainly not exorbitant.• We couldn't afford to buy and rents are exorbitant.• Each year time and money is wasted by the exorbitant amount of telephoning required to gather in all this information. 8.• The exorbitant fee caused uproar in the land.• It is a price that today may seem exorbitant to many. exorbitant rent/prices etc• A few farmers even managed to do very well out of the exorbitant prices charged to urban residents for a few mouthfuls of grain. From Longman Business Dictionary exorbitantex·or·bi·tant /ɪgˈzɔːbətənt-ɔːr-/ adjectiveadj an exorbitant price, rate, demand etc is much higher than is reasonable or usual He claims his bank is forcing him to pay exorbitant charges. On the black market prices were particularly exorbitant. (1400-1500) French Late Latin, present participle of exorbitare “to leave the track”, from Latin orbita “track” |
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