[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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
...exorbitantly high salaries.
高得离谱的薪水
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ex·or·bi·tant/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt; NAmEɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt/adjective( formal) (of a price 价格)much too high 过高的;高得离谱的◆exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents过高的花费╱交通费╱收费╱价格╱租金▶ex·or·bi·tant·ly/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtəntli; NAmEɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtəntli/adverb◆Prices are exorbitantly high in this shop.这家商店的价格高得离谱。ex·or·bi·tant/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt; NAmEɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt/ex·or·bi·tant·ly/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtəntli; NAmEɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtəntli/
an exorbitant price, amount of money etc is much higher than it should beSYN astronomicalexorbitant rent/prices etc exorbitant rates of interest► see thesaurus at
expensive
—exorbitantly adverb
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