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。
• 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；
• 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）。
• Inside stock exchange refers to the behavior that insiders make use of their mastered inside stock information or provide the information for others to exchange and make extortionate profit.
  证券内幕交易是指知情人员利用所掌握的内部证券信息进行证券交易，或者将所掌握的内部信息提供给他人进行证券交易的行为。
• 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。
• Extortionate call charges put customers off.
  昂贵的话费使乘客敬而远之。
• Study on Regulation Pattern for Extortionate Price of Pharmaceutical
  药品价格虚高的管制模式研究
• Cybersquatters will generally either offer to sell the name back to the trademark owner for an extortionate price, or make money from Internet traffic accidentally landing on their page.
  一般而言，域名抢注者或将域名以高价出售给商标所有者，或通过用户偶然登陆其网站带来的互联网流量谋利。
• A worker making extortionate demands upon the employer.
  对雇主提出过分要求的工人。
• Those are extortionate interest rates to be charging.
  这些是要处理的过多的利息。