exorbitant
英 [ɪg'zɔːbɪt(ə)nt]
美 [ɪɡ'zɔrbɪtənt]
- adj. （要价等）过高的；（性格等）过分的；不在法律范围之内的
中文词源
exorbitant 高得离谱的ex-, 向外。orbit, 轨道。即偏离正常轨道的，引申义价格高得离谱的。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
- 投资仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本过高。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They're charging an exorbitant price for fixing the car, but they've got us over a barrel because we can't do without it.
- 他们修理这部汽车索价太高, 但我们被逼得只好听其摆布,因为我们不能没有汽车.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.
- 以两美元买十二个蛋,价格过高.
来自辞典例句