exorbitant是什么意思_exorbitant怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;"exorbitant rent"
"extortionate prices"
"spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"
"usurious interest rate"
"unconscionable spending"

中英词源

exorbitant 高得离谱的

ex-, 向外。orbit, 轨道。即偏离正常轨道的，引申义价格高得离谱的。

exorbitant (adj.): mid-15c., a legal term, "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" from Late Latin exorbitantem (nominative exorbitans), present participle of exorbitare "deviate, go out of the track," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + orbita "wheel track" (see orb). General sense of "excessive, immoderate" is from 1620s; of prices, rates, etc., from 1660s. Related: Exorbitantly.

词态变化

副词 exorbitantly;

权威造句

1. 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。

2. They"re charging an exorbitant price for fixing the car, but they"ve got us over a barrel because we can"t do without it.: 他们修理这部汽车索价太高, 但我们被逼得只好听其摆布,因为我们不能没有汽车.

3. 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。

4. 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.

5. Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.: 以两美元买十二个蛋,价格过高.

近反义词

exorbitant usury 重利盘剥

exorbitant price 过高的价格

exorbitant profit 过高的利润

exorbitant prices [经] 非法价格...

相似短语

seek exorbitant profits 牟取暴利

exorbitant price 非法价格

exorbitant profit 非法利润，超额利润

exorbitant expenditure 消耗过高

exorbitant usury 重利盘剥

exorbitant prices 【经】非法价格, 价格过高

price hikes for exorbitant profits 牟取暴利

exosclerotium (exosclerotia) 外育菌核

be exonerated of 被免除…之罪

exogenous (exogenic) inclusion 外源包体

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