| 单词 | exorbitant |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ig'zɔ:bitənt] |
| 解释 | a.过分的，过度的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.过分的，过度的( exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason) 【考】 exorbitant : moderation / perfidious : loyalty(过度的不节制/不忠 的不忠诚) 【记】 ex+orbit(轨道，常规 )+ant→走出常规→过 分的 【例】 The hotel charges exorbitant prices. |
| 字源 | exorbitant (adj.) mid-15c., a legal term, "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" from 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). Sense of "excessive, immoderate" is from 1620s; of prices, rates, etc., from 1660s. Related: Exorbitantly. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 过分的, 过度的(超过了习惯或正当的限度的) = excessive; 价格过高的 【记】ex出, orbit(n 轨道; 生活常规)－走出常规－过分的 【参】n (价格、要求等)过高; (性格、行为等)过分(不好) 【类】exorbitant: moderation = perfidious: loyalty过度的不节制 = 背信弃义的不忠诚 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ex 出 + orbit 轨道→出轨，出格 |
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