英语单词 | exorbitant |
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英美音标 | 英 [ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt] 美 [ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt] |
中文释义 | adj. (要价等)过高的;(性格等)过分的;不在法律范围之内的 |
英语例句 | (1) In the first few months of the siege, food could be purchased, albeit at exorbitant prices. (2) His peasant followers are on the wrong side of the law because exorbitant taxes prevent them from making an honest living: "Taxes, we do not like, " declares Little John. (3) The US has better growth prospects than most European nations and has the "exorbitant privilege" of issuing debt in the world's reserve currency, which keeps the cost down. |
中文例句 | (1) 在包围刚开始的几个月里,虽然价格过高,食物还是买得到的。 (2) 追随他的农夫们站在法律的另一边,是因为过分的税收让他们无法过上诚实的生活。 “征税,我们不喜欢。” (3) 美国比大多数欧洲国家有更好的增长前景,而且美国还有将债务转移到国际储备货币上的“过分的特权”,这将使成本降低。 |
星级 | ★★ |
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