extortionate
英 [ɪkˈstɔːʃənət]
美 [ɪkˈstɔːrʃənət]
adj. 过于昂贵的; 过高的
BNC.24654 / COCA.42375
牛津词典
adj.
- 过于昂贵的;过高的
much too high- They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest.
他们在放高利贷。
- They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest.
柯林斯词典
- (价格等)过高的,离谱的
If you describe something such as a price asextortionate, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be.
英英释义
adj
- greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
双语例句
- Extortionate risk of compensation will increase the cost of total social insurance ( including commercial insurance).
过高的赔偿风险将极大地增加整个社会保险(含商业保险)的成本; - Study on Regulation Pattern for Extortionate Price of Pharmaceutical
药品价格虚高的管制模式研究 - The price exacted By the hijackers for redeeming the hostages was extortionate.
劫持者为交换人质而索要的代价太过分了。 - Those are extortionate interest rates to be charging.
这些是要处理的过多的利息。 - They are asking an extortionate amount of money for their house.
他们的房子要价太高。 - In China's underground lending market, the most sensitive indicator of credit conditions, kerbside rates have reached extortionate levels of as much as6% a month ( see our report from Wenzhou).
作为最敏感的信贷状况风向标,民间借贷目前的利率水平已到达历史最高水平的每月6%(见温州报道)。 - In view of the extortionate outlay this involves, Luke has stopped buying his newspaper and ( an even greater sacrifice) The Reader's Digest, his two favourite publications.
由于转学后花费太大,卢克已经不买报纸和《读者文摘》(这对他来说是更大的牺牲)了,这两样是他最心爱的两种出版物。 - I think he makes extortionate demands of you.
我认为他对你的要求过分了。 - If it weren't for those eleven saving clauses under the head of "Deductions" I should be beggar every year to support this extortionate and tyrannical government.
要不是“免征项目”栏下那十一条救命的附加条款,我每年就得当乞丐,讨了钱去供奉这个敲诈勒索、独断专行的政府啦。 - Thereby, in order to avoid occurring the accident and extortionate reconstructed expense, it is necessary for us to research repairing and reinforcement of fatigue damage in RC structure.
因此,为了避免这类事故的发生,也为了避免重建的高昂费用,有必要对已有疲劳损伤的钢筋混凝土结构进行补强和加固的研究。