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

• Those are extortionate interest rates to be charging.
  这些是要处理的过多的利息。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lenin's Thought about "Direct Transition" was related to his three extortionate estimates. Firstly, Lenin extortionately estimated the Russian economic level;
  这一思想与当时列宁的三个过高的估计有着直接的关系，一是列宁过高地估计了俄国经济发展的水平；
• Extortionate call charges put customers off.
  昂贵的话费使乘客敬而远之。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ear by surgery can not show the fine structure of one normal ear, and surgery is dangerous and extortionate and its period is long.
  耳朵外形结构精细复杂，手术再造耳不能完全显示出耳朵的精细结构，且存在手术危险、费用高昂、周期长的缺点。
• Bars where the music is loud and the drinks extortionate.
  音乐闹哄哄、酒价又奇贵的酒吧。
• 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。