exorbitant

• adj. （要价等）过高的；（性格等）过分的；不在法律范围之内的

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

1. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;

"exorbitant rent"

"extortionate prices"

"spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"

"usorious interest rate"

"unconscionable spending"

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.

exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents

过高的花费 / 交通费 / 收费 / 价格 / 租金

牛津词典

Prices are exorbitantly high in this shop.

这家商店的价格高得离谱。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They bring good and their commissions are not exorbitant.

他们提供好消息,他们的手续费也不过分.

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Increasingly, more Chinese Singaporeans would hold their reunion dinner in posh restaurants, despite the exorbitant costs.

越来越多新加坡人,宁愿花一笔钱在高级的餐馆吃团圆饭.

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Is the uric acid in blood exorbitant how should do?

血液中的尿酸过高应该怎么办?

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How can ability have exorbitant vitamin?

怎么才能有过高的维生素?

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My soul sings a song because of exorbitant equanimity.

我的灵魂因过分的平静而唱歌.

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The exorbitant fees caused an uproar across the land.

高昂的收费在整个地区引起了一场骚动.

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The main reason of loss of metallurgy industry company, it is cost cost exorbitant.

冶金行业企业亏损的主要原因, 一是成本费用过高.

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And so it goes, 12 years of government education exorbitant cost to the taxpayer.

这样下来, 12年的公立教育对纳税人来说,简直就是付出了昂贵的代价.

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She was disturbed to find that the prices were exorbitant for the size of her purse.

她看到价钱不是她出得起的,心里不安起来.

辞典例句

More competition should help to drive down exorbitant phone charges.

更多的竞争有助于降低目前畸高的电话收费.

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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.

《简明英汉词典》

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.

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You should be sensible and not make exorbitant demands.

你应该通情达理,不要作过分的要求.

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They bought their house on easy terms, but paid an exorbitant interest.

他们以分期付款的办法买了房子, 但付了很高的利息.

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Moneylenders can charge exorbitant interest rates that initiate an endless cycle of poverty and debts.

放债者可能收取过高的利息,从而引发贫穷和债务之间无休止的恶性循环.

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This paper asks why the current school music curricular reform sees an extreme even exorbitant choice.

在当前的音乐课程改革中,为什么会出现非此即彼,甚至导致矫枉过正的选择?

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He found that the price was exorbitant for the size of his wallet.

他感觉就他的荷包而言,这一价格太过分了.

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Cholesterol exorbitant, occurrence what symptom to experience personally?

胆固醇过高, 身体会出现什么症状?

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Glass as instant curtains is available now, but the cost is exorbitant.

玻璃作为现在的窗帘是可以利用的, 但是花费很昂贵.

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Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.

以两美元买十二个蛋,价格过高.

辞典例句

Do not know this is what exorbitant taxes and levies!

不知道这是什么苛捐杂税!

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The people grumbled at his exorbitant prices but paid them because he had a monopoly.

人们都对他的过高的价格怨声载道,可是由于他的垄断而不得不付给他.

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Abolish exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous levies.

废除苛捐杂税.

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In addition, the work life and mechanical characteristic will reduce if temperature rise is exorbitant.

另外, 如果电器的温升过高,则会降低电器的工作寿命和机械性能等.

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The financial success I want isn't exorbitant riches of the Kirbys.

我想要的财务上的成功不是卡比那样极度的富有.

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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。

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