exorbitant
英 [?g'z??b?t(?)nt]
美 [?ɡ'z?rb?t?nt]
- adj. （要價等）過高的；（性格等）過分的；不在法律范圍之內的
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高。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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太高, 但我們被逼得只好聽其擺布,因為我們不能沒有汽車.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.
- 過高的房價已經造成了窮人能夠買得起的住房嚴重短缺。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Unsuspecting buyers paid exorbitant prices for their railroad stock.
- 輕信的買主為買進鐵路股份而付出了過高的代價.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.
- 以兩美元買十二個蛋,價格過高.
來自辭典例句