exorbitant
exorbitant 英 [ɪgˈzɔ:bɪtənt] 美 [ɪgˈzɔrbɪtənt]
adj. （要价等）过高的；高得离谱的
exorbitant costs, exorbitant fares, exorbitant 过高的花费╱交通费
Prices are exorbitantly high in this shop. 这家商店的价格高得离谱。
- Use the adjective exorbitant when you want to describe something that is really just too much! You'll often hear people griping about exorbitant bank fees or exorbitant interest rates.
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- adj. （要价等）过高的；高得离谱的
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1. exorbitant costs, exorbitant fares, exorbitant
过高的花费╱交通费
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2. Prices are exorbitantly high in this shop.
这家商店的价格高得离谱。
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3. I will not pay such an exorbitant price for these shoes.
我不会为这些鞋子付这么高的价钱。
- 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.
ex·or·bi·tant / ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt ; NAmE ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt / adjective ( formal) (of a price 价格 ) much too high 过高的；高得离谱的 ◆ exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents 过高的花费╱交通费╱收费╱价格╱租金 ▶ ex·or·bi·tant·ly / ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtəntli ; NAmE ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtəntli / adverb ◆ Prices are exorbitantly high in this shop. 这家商店的价格高得离谱。 ex·or·bi·tant / ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt ; NAmE ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt / ex·or·bi·tant·ly / ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtəntli ; NAmE ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtəntli /
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