extortionate

英 [ɪkˈstɔːʃənət]

美 [ɪkˈstɔːrʃənət]

adj.  过于昂贵的; 过高的

TEM8法律

BNC.24654 / COCA.42375

牛津词典

adj.

• 过于昂贵的；过高的
  much too high
  1. They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest.
     他们在放高利贷。

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
  1. exorbitant rent
  2. extortionate prices
  3. spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
  4. usurious interest rate
  5. unconscionable spending
  Synonym:exorbitantoutrageoussteepunconscionableusurious

双语例句

• 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。
• Although PM has solved the problem of carbide segregation and crassitude fundamentally, it has complicated technics and extortionate cost, so restricts its application.
  粉末冶金虽然从根本上解决了碳化物偏析和粗大的问题，但其工艺复杂，成本过高，应用受到限制。
• 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。
• Bars where the music is loud and the drinks extortionate.
  音乐闹哄哄、酒价又奇贵的酒吧。
• Fee structures and rates across the sector are often inexplicable and extortionate.
  全行业的收费结构和费率往往令人费解，且高得离谱。
• When Sirena opened, there was a spot of bother with some extortionate bandits; now, says Mr Novikov, Russia is "becoming more law-abiding" ( even if the bureaucratic hurdles have increased).
  当西雷娜开张的时候，餐厅常常遭到土匪的敲诈；他说到，现在，俄罗斯正“变得越来越法制化”（即使官僚主义障碍在不断增加）。
• A worker making extortionate demands upon the employer.
  对雇主提出过分要求的工人。
• Exorbitant rent; extortionate prices; spends an outrageous amount on entertainment; usorious interest rate; unconscionable spending.
  过高的租金；过高的价格；在款待上花费过高；过高的利率；过高的开销。
• 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。
• According to condition of extortionate height subgrade in plain or hilly area, we analyses the main influencing factor of subgrade height and put forward specific countermeasure of fall on subgrade height, it can obviously reduce subgrade height and achieve nicer social benefit.
  针对平原微丘区高速公路存在路基填筑过高的情况，对影响路基高度的主要因素作了分析，并提出了具体的路基高度降低对策，以降低路基高度，取得良好的社会效益。