英语词汇“exorbitant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

exorbitant

/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt(ə)nt

adjective

(Of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high: some hotels charge exorbitant rates for phone calls...

They were concerned that elderly women living alone seemed to be targeted and charged exorbitant prices.
How can any businessperson justify charging such an exorbitant price for apple pie and tea?
Who in their right mind would pay the exorbitant prices they charge for everything?

Synonyms

extortionate, excessively high, extremely high, excessive, sky-high, prohibitive, outrageous, unreasonable, preposterous, inordinate, immoderate, inflated, monstrous, unwarranted, unconscionable, huge, enormous, disproportionate;

punitive, ruinous;

expensive, extravagant;

British over the odds

informal criminal, steep, stiff, over the top, OTT, costing an arm and a leg, costing a bomb, costing the earth, daylight robbery, a rip-off

Derivatives

exorbitance

/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt(ə)ns

/ noun ...

This is a lesser achievement than the strange, brilliant, delirious works of Gogol's prime; but it is, nevertheless, colored throughout by the inspired exorbitances of his genius.
Along with the similarly too-free-spirited two songs, such unchecked exorbitance damages the album's hard-won continuity.
Micah's parents had come in to inform us that they were leaving for something-or-other and swept out the door in a whiff of perfume and exorbitance.

exorbitantly

/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt(ə)ntli

/ adverb ...

Yes, Shanghai is definitely feeling the theater crunch, as the city now sports an excessive number of exorbitantly priced seats.
Like many of my colleagues, I was appalled at the outcome of arbitration before the Library of Congress, which set royalty payments at an exorbitantly high rate.
Some people have found a possible new way to beat the high cost of housing: to build apartments on their own, rather than buy an exorbitantly priced one from developers.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally describing a legal case that is outside the scope of a law): from late Latin exorbitant- 'going off the track', from exorbitare, from ex- 'out from' + orbita 'course, track'.

单词	exorbitant
释义	exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt(ə)nt / adjective (Of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high: some hotels charge exorbitant rates for phone calls... They were concerned that elderly women living alone seemed to be targeted and charged exorbitant prices. How can any businessperson justify charging such an exorbitant price for apple pie and tea? Who in their right mind would pay the exorbitant prices they charge for everything? Synonyms extortionate, excessively high, extremely high, excessive, sky-high, prohibitive, outrageous, unreasonable, preposterous, inordinate, immoderate, inflated, monstrous, unwarranted, unconscionable, huge, enormous, disproportionate; punitive, ruinous; expensive, extravagant; British over the odds informal criminal, steep, stiff, over the top, OTT, costing an arm and a leg, costing a bomb, costing the earth, daylight robbery, a rip-off Derivatives exorbitance /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt(ə)ns / noun ... This is a lesser achievement than the strange, brilliant, delirious works of Gogol's prime; but it is, nevertheless, colored throughout by the inspired exorbitances of his genius. Along with the similarly too-free-spirited two songs, such unchecked exorbitance damages the album's hard-won continuity. Micah's parents had come in to inform us that they were leaving for something-or-other and swept out the door in a whiff of perfume and exorbitance. exorbitantly /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt(ə)ntli / adverb ... Yes, Shanghai is definitely feeling the theater crunch, as the city now sports an excessive number of exorbitantly priced seats. Like many of my colleagues, I was appalled at the outcome of arbitration before the Library of Congress, which set royalty payments at an exorbitantly high rate. Some people have found a possible new way to beat the high cost of housing: to build apartments on their own, rather than buy an exorbitantly priced one from developers. Origin Late Middle English (originally describing a legal case that is outside the scope of a law): from late Latin exorbitant- 'going off the track', from exorbitare, from ex- 'out from' + orbita 'course, track'.
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