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

• 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。
• A worker making extortionate demands upon the employer.
  对雇主提出过分要求的工人。
• They are asking an extortionate amount of money for their house.
  他们的房子要价太高。
• Those are extortionate interest rates to be charging.
  这些是要处理的过多的利息。
• 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。
• Although PM has solved the problem of carbide segregation and crassitude fundamentally, it has complicated technics and extortionate cost, so restricts its application.
  粉末冶金虽然从根本上解决了碳化物偏析和粗大的问题，但其工艺复杂，成本过高，应用受到限制。
• 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。
• Bars where the music is loud and the drinks extortionate.
  音乐闹哄哄、酒价又奇贵的酒吧。
• 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）。