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

• 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。
• 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。
• They are asking an extortionate amount of money for their house.
  他们的房子要价太高。
• I think he makes extortionate demands of you.
  我认为他对你的要求过分了。
• 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 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。
• Extortionate risk of compensation will increase the cost of total social insurance ( including commercial insurance).
  过高的赔偿风险将极大地增加整个社会保险（含商业保险）的成本；
• This section additionally includes extortionate demands through the use of the United States Postal Service, behavior proscribed by18 U.S.C. §§ 876-877.
  另外这一部分还包括通过《美国法典》第18编867-877条所禁止的利用美国邮政系统（UnitedStatesPostalService）以进行敲诈勒索赎金的行为。
• Extortionate call charges put customers off.
  昂贵的话费使乘客敬而远之。