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- exorbitant
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ADJ-GRADED
过度的;过分的；过高的 If you describe something such as a price or fee as exorbitant, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be.
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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。
exorbitantly
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...exorbitantly high salaries.
高得离谱的薪水
- Adjective
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1. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;
- "exorbitant rent"
- "extortionate prices"
- "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"
- "usorious interest rate"
- "unconscionable spending"
- synonym： extortionate，outrageous，steep，unconscionable，usurious
- 1. 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》
