英语词汇“extortionate”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

exorbitant

steep

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

costing a lot of money
expensiveHe thinks he's special with his expensive suits and fancy shoes.
dearUKI find the veg too dear in that supermarket.
costlyThey made several costly mistakes, including spending $60 million on shoddy machinery.
priceyThe restaurants in town are a bit pricey.
exclusiveThey have an apartment in an exclusive part of town.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Costing too much
bottomless pit
capital intensive
cheap
cheap at half the priceidiom
cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
cost someone a pretty pennyidiom
cost someone dearidiom
costliness
daylight robbery
dear
exorbitant
gouge
outprice
pretty
price fixing
price someone out
price yourself out of the marketidiom
prohibitive
prohibitively
sight

Related word

extortionately

extortionate | Business English

extortionate
adjective
disapprovinguk /ɪkˈstɔːʃənət/us
more expensive than is reasonable:
extortionate fee/price/rate, etc.Most retailers charge extortionate prices for extended warranties - often more than three times as much as an independent provider.

extortionately

adverbuk /ɪkˈstɔːʃənətli/ us /-ˈstɔːr-/
The government has agreed on measures that protect the renewable energy industry from extortionately high national grid access charges.

Examples of extortionate

extortionate
Many pensions carry extortionate charges and are often inflexible.
When out-of-state companies invested in irrigation systems, they set extortionate rates for water.
He also justifies his stance on economic grounds by alluding to extortionate policies by the colonial power, which also affected his large clientele.
However, her extortionate rule and the expansion of her relatives' power stirred up much animosity.
Their reluctance was reinforced by the popular belief that trading on the black market, unless done at extortionate rates, was not a crime, whatever the legal code said.
Would a settler on one of the public tracts have access to water from a railroad tract, or might the railroad sell the water at extortionate prices?
I have already said that it is most difficult for the law courts to say when extortionate rents are being exacted.
From the
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Would he look at this again and make those county councils which have demanded this extortionate blackmail hand back their ill-gotten gains?
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Hansard archive

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It might get some inferior coal, which the general public seem to think is being foisted on it at extortionate prices.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I have made inquiries from surveyors and others who regard this amount as extortionate.
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The court is given a wide degree of discretion in many issues, and a general power to reopen extortionate agreements.
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That seems extortionate in the light of the fact that many can borrow more cheaply than that through their own bank account or overdraft.
From the
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The certificates go to the district council and the money for these exorbitant and extortionate rents are paid by the district council.
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Hansard archive

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This pushes up the price of quotas, which are rented to fishermen for extortionate amounts.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Thirdly, low quotas and the resultant extortionate fines are eating up the subsidies for the 1999 harvest.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

词汇	extortionate
释义	extortionate adjective disapprovinguk /ɪkˈstɔː.ʃən.ət/ us /ɪkˈstɔːr.ʃən.ət/ extremely expensive: 极其昂贵的 The price of books nowadays is extortionate.现在的书价真是太高了。 Synonyms exorbitant steep Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples costing a lot of money expensiveHe thinks he's special with his expensive suits and fancy shoes. dearUKI find the veg too dear in that supermarket. costlyThey made several costly mistakes, including spending $60 million on shoddy machinery. priceyThe restaurants in town are a bit pricey. exclusiveThey have an apartment in an exclusive part of town. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Costing too much bottomless pit capital intensive cheap cheap at half the priceidiom cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom cost someone a pretty pennyidiom cost someone dearidiom costliness daylight robbery dear exorbitant gouge outprice pretty price fixing price someone out price yourself out of the marketidiom prohibitive prohibitively sight Related word extortionately extortionate \| Business English extortionate adjective disapprovinguk /ɪkˈstɔːʃənət/us more expensive than is reasonable: extortionate fee/price/rate, etc.Most retailers charge extortionate prices for extended warranties - often more than three times as much as an independent provider. extortionately adverbuk /ɪkˈstɔːʃənətli/ us /-ˈstɔːr-/ The government has agreed on measures that protect the renewable energy industry from extortionately high national grid access charges. Examples of extortionate extortionate Many pensions carry extortionate charges and are often inflexible. When out-of-state companies invested in irrigation systems, they set extortionate rates for water. He also justifies his stance on economic grounds by alluding to extortionate policies by the colonial power, which also affected his large clientele. However, her extortionate rule and the expansion of her relatives' power stirred up much animosity. Their reluctance was reinforced by the popular belief that trading on the black market, unless done at extortionate rates, was not a crime, whatever the legal code said. Would a settler on one of the public tracts have access to water from a railroad tract, or might the railroad sell the water at extortionate prices? I have already said that it is most difficult for the law courts to say when extortionate rents are being exacted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would he look at this again and make those county councils which have demanded this extortionate blackmail hand back their ill-gotten gains? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It might get some inferior coal, which the general public seem to think is being foisted on it at extortionate prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have made inquiries from surveyors and others who regard this amount as extortionate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The court is given a wide degree of discretion in many issues, and a general power to reopen extortionate agreements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems extortionate in the light of the fact that many can borrow more cheaply than that through their own bank account or overdraft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The certificates go to the district council and the money for these exorbitant and extortionate rents are paid by the district council. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This pushes up the price of quotas, which are rented to fishermen for extortionate amounts. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Thirdly, low quotas and the resultant extortionate fines are eating up the subsidies for the 1999 harvest. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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