exorbitant

exorbitant

英 [ɪg'zɔːbɪt(ə)nt]
　　美 [ɪɡ'zɔrbɪtənt]

adj. （要價等）過高的；（性格等）過分的；不在法律范圍之內的

中文詞源：

exorbitant 高得離譜的

ex-, 向外。orbit, 軌道。即偏離正常軌道的，引申義價格高得離譜的。

例句：

1. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
投資仍然微乎其微，主要原因在於土地成本過高。

2. They're charging an exorbitant price for fixing the car, but they've got us over a barrel because we can't do without it.
他們修理這部汽車索價太高, 但我們被逼得隻好聽其擺佈,因為我們不能沒有汽車.

3. Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.
過高的房價已經造成瞭窮人能夠買得起的住房嚴重短缺。

4. Unsuspecting buyers paid exorbitant prices for their railroad stock.
輕信的買主為買進鐵路股份而付出瞭過高的代價.

5. Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.
以兩美元買十二個蛋,價格過高.