exorbitant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ex·or·bi·tant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt $ -ɔːr-/ ●○○ adjective EXPENSIVEan exorbitant price, amount of money etc is much higher than it should be 〔价格、金额等〕过高的 SYN astronomicalexorbitant rent/prices etc exorbitant rates of interest 过高的利率► see thesaurus at expensive —exorbitantly adverb
Examples from the Corpus
exorbitant• It's a nice hotel, but the prices are exorbitant.• And the price of entertainment everywhere is exorbitant.• Only 10 to 15 percent goes toward administrative costs, which is certainly not exorbitant.• We couldn't afford to buy and rents are exorbitant.• Each year time and money is wasted by the exorbitant amount of telephoning required to gather in all this information. 8.• The exorbitant fee caused uproar in the land.• It is a price that today may seem exorbitant to many.exorbitant rent/prices etc• A few farmers even managed to do very well out of the exorbitant prices charged to urban residents for a few mouthfuls of grain.From Longman Business Dictionaryexorbitantex‧or‧bi‧tant /ɪgˈzɔːbətənt-ɔːr-/ adjective an exorbitant price, rate, demand etc is much higher than is reasonable or usualHe claims his bank is forcing him to pay exorbitant charges.On the black market prices were particularly exorbitant.Origin exorbitant (1400-1500) French Late Latin, present participle of exorbitare “to leave the track”, from Latin orbita “track”ex·or·bi·tant adjectiveChineseSyllable
an amount Business money price, etc Corpus of exorbitant
exorbitant
ex‧or‧bi‧tant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt, ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt $ -ɔːr-/
adjective
SYN astronomical
exorbitant rent/prices etc
exorbitant rates of interest
—exorbitantly adverb
▪ expensive costing a lot of money: an expensive car | Apartments in the city are very expensive. | An underground train system is expensive to build.
▪high costing a lot of money.You use high about rents/fees/prices/costs. Don’t use expensive with these words: Rents are very high in this area. | Lawyers charge high fees. | the high cost of living in Japan
▪dear [not before noun] British English spoken expensive compared to the usual price: £3.50 seems rather dear for a cup of coffee.
▪pricey /ˈpraɪsi/ informal expensive: The clothes are beautiful but pricey.
▪costly expensive in a way that wastes money: Upgrading the system would be very costly. | They were anxious to avoid a costly legal battle.
▪cost a fortune informal to be very expensive: The necklace must have cost a fortune!
▪exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt, ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt $ -ɔːr-/ much too expensive: Some accountants charge exorbitant fees.
▪astronomical astronomical prices, costs, and fees are extremely high: the astronomical cost of developing a new spacecraft | the astronomical prices which some people had paid for their seats | The cost of living is astronomical.
▪overpriced too expensive and not worth the price: The DVDs were vastly overpriced.
▪somebody can’t afford something someone does not have enough money to buy or do something: Most people can’t afford to send their children to private schools.
ex‧or‧bi‧tant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt, ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt $ -ɔːr-/
adjective Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: Late Latin, present participle of exorbitare 'to leave the track', from Latin orbita 'track'
an exorbitant price, amount of money etc is much higher than it should be Language: French
Origin: Late Latin, present participle of exorbitare 'to leave the track', from Latin orbita 'track'
SYN astronomical
exorbitant rent/prices etc
—exorbitantly adverb
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