exorbitant
英 [?g'z??b?t(?)nt]
美[?ɡ'z?rb?t?nt]
- adj. （要價(jià)等）過(guò)高的；（性格等）過(guò)分的；不在法律范圍之內(nèi)的
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詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?exorbitantly;
中文詞源
exorbitant 高得離譜的
ex-, 向外。orbit, 軌道。即偏離正常軌道的，引申義價(jià)格高得離譜的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
- 投資仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本過(guò)高。
來(lái)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.
- 他們修理這部汽車索價(jià)太高, 但我們被逼得只好聽(tīng)其擺布,因?yàn)槲覀儾荒軟](méi)有汽車.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.
- 過(guò)高的房?jī)r(jià)已經(jīng)造成了窮人能夠買得起的住房嚴(yán)重短缺。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Unsuspecting buyers paid exorbitant prices for their railroad stock.
- 輕信的買主為買進(jìn)鐵路股份而付出了過(guò)高的代價(jià).
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.
- 以兩美元買十二個(gè)蛋,價(jià)格過(guò)高.
來(lái)自辭典例句