exorbitant

英 [ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt]

美 [ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt]

adj. 过高的; 高得离谱的

TOEFL IELTS GRE

BNC.18828 / COCA.16520

牛津词典

adj.

过高的；高得离谱的
much too high
1. exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents
  过高的花费 / 交通费 / 收费 / 价格 / 租金

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.
1. 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。

英英释义

adj

greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
1. exorbitant rent
2. extortionate prices
3. spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
4. usurious interest rate
5. unconscionable spending
Synonym:extortionateoutrageoussteepunconscionableusurious

双语例句

Do not know this is what exorbitant taxes and levies!
不知道这是什么苛捐杂税！
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。
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。
Paying exorbitant fees to a quack who promises a magical cure.
向一个保证妙手回春的庸医付出了高昂的诊费。
Though the existing tax system can be applied temporarily, unreasonable, exorbitant taxes and levies should gradually be abolished. In those days various sorts of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous levies were put on from time to time.
暂时采用原有的税制，而逐渐地取消几种不合理的苛捐杂税。那时候，总是有各种苛捐杂税加在人民的身上。
But why was it given such an exorbitant price?
可是它的价格为什么会那么高啊？
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。
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。
You're bigger and more exorbitant, Stone said, referring to the changes.
更大型更高端，斯通说，他指的是变化。
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。