exorbitant
高昂
definition
adjective
the exorbitant price of tickets
(of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high.
translation of 'exorbitant'
adjective
昂贵的,
高昂,
过度的,
过分的,
过高的
example
The casino rejected this amount as 'exorbitant' and allowed her suit to continue.
So, are you tired of paying 'exorbitant' amounts for those dry little critters?
She quoted a price, 'exorbitant' for the boondocks but which she guessed would be cheap for a city person.
Word has it that the prices are so 'exorbitant' because the taxi drivers have to give the resort a cut for operating there.
Most of the works are for sale, often at scarily 'exorbitant' prices.
They were concerned that elderly women living alone seemed to be targeted and charged 'exorbitant' prices.
At present the price of land in the area has rocketed with some very 'exorbitant' prices being paid for sites for houses.
How can any businessperson justify charging such an 'exorbitant' price for apple pie and tea?
In fact, they must pay 'exorbitant' prices for food, water and tools and end up working to pay this back for years.
He feared it would lead to a situation where private people allotted spaces at 'exorbitant' prices to vehicle owners.
And then I would get discounts, which is good, because the prices of rugs are 'exorbitant' .
Who in their right mind would pay the 'exorbitant' prices they charge for everything?
They are just boring movie idols admired for their fashion sense and the 'exorbitant' price tags of their weddings.
I promise that you will never again have to pay 'exorbitant' amounts to get your children into med school.
Besides, shop owners charge an 'exorbitant' rate for every thing they sell here.
The 'exorbitant' rates charged at spas mean it is only for the A-list.
Biogas has a tremendous future, due to the 'exorbitant' increase of gasoline prices.
The government has accused white farmers of delaying land reform by demanding 'exorbitant' prices for their property.
Over 35 per cent said they were taken to shops where the prices were 'exorbitant' .
Publicans admit they are ripping off customers with 'exorbitant' prices for soft drinks.
Costs for peak-time viewing slots on international cable news channels for instance, are so 'exorbitantly' high that they cannot be sustained.
Like many of my colleagues, I was appalled at the outcome of arbitration before the Library of Congress, which set royalty payments at an 'exorbitantly' high rate.
Micah's parents had come in to inform us that they were leaving for something-or-other and swept out the door in a whiff of perfume and 'exorbitance' .
Yes, Shanghai is definitely feeling the theater crunch, as the city now sports an excessive number of 'exorbitantly' priced seats.
Along with the similarly too-free-spirited two songs, such unchecked 'exorbitance' damages the album's hard-won continuity.
Driving back down from the hills, signs of 'exorbitance' abound.
Some people have found a possible new way to beat the high cost of housing: to build apartments on their own, rather than buy an 'exorbitantly' priced one from developers.
The house red wine is deliciously rough and earthy, the coffee divine, and at £47.65 for the lot, it's not 'exorbitantly' expensive.
Her unusual 'exorbitance' results from an eccentric upbringing that openly accepts and welcomes transience.
This is a lesser achievement than the strange, brilliant, delirious works of Gogol's prime; but it is, nevertheless, colored throughout by the inspired 'exorbitances' of his genius.
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