extortionate

英式音标：[ɪkˈstɔ:ʃənət]

美式音标：[ɪkˈstɔrʃənət]

词语分类：TEM8

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概况：

adj. 敲诈的；勒索的；过高的

词义：

adj.

过高的，过分的，敲诈的；

英英释义

extortionate[ ik'stɔ:ʃənət,-ʃənəri ]

adj.greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

"extortionate prices"

同义词：exorbitantoutrageoussteepunconscionableusurious

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

They are asking an extortionate amount of money for their house.
他们的房子要价太高。

Extortionate call charges put customers off.
昂贵的话费使乘客敬而远之。

权威例句

Extortionate Credit in the UK A report to the DTI

EXTORTIONATE AND USURIOUS CREDIT TRANSACTIONS BACKGROUND MATERIALS

The analytical foundations of extortionate terrorism

EXCESSIVE or extortionate fees; memorandum on Section 80 of the Medical Dental and Pharmacy Act

Study on the Harm of Extortionate Price of Real Estate over the City's Development and Its Countermeasures

Iterated prisoner's dilemma with extortionate zero-determinant strategies and random-memory opponents

Daylight robbery The CAB case for effective regulation of extortionate credit

Lenin's Thought about the “Direct Transition” with Three Extortionate Estimates

‘Life in Illegality Cost an Extortionate Amount of Money.’ Ordinary Germans and German Jews Hiding from Deportation

Simulation on The Governmental Response of Network Public Sentiment Emergency: A Case Study of Sanya Extortionate Price Seafood Dinn...

同义词：prohibitive,overhigh,exorbitant

同根词：extortionist,extortioner,extortion,extort

英语词源：

extortionate (adj.)

1711, from extortion + -ate. Extortious is from c. 1600.

造句：

1. exorbitant rent; extortionate prices; spends an outrageous amount on entertainment; usorious interest

过高的租金；过高的价格；在款待上花费过高；过高的利率；过高的开销。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

2. extortionate price

昂贵的价格

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

3. The price exacted By the hijackers for redeeming the hostages was extortionate.

劫持者为交换人质而索要的代价太过分了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

4. Extortionate interest rates.

不合理的利息率

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

5. extortionate stipulation

敲诈性的规定

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

6. The prices in this shop are extortionate.

这家商店价格过高.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. And their terms are so extortionate that well, they make me see red!"

条件的苛刻，真叫人生气

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

8. They are asking an extortionate amount of money for their house.

他们的房子要价太高.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. eleven saving clauses under the head of "Deductions" I should be beggar every year to support this extortionate

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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]