• adj. （要價(jià)等）過(guò)高的；（性格等）過(guò)分的；不在法律范圍之內(nèi)的

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

exorbitant (adj.)

mid-15c., a legal term, "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" from Late 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). General sense of "excessive, immoderate" is from 1620s; of prices, rates, etc., from 1660s. Related: Exorbitantly.

1. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.

投資仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本過(guò)高。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

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(jià)太高, 但我們被逼得只好聽其擺布,因?yàn)槲覀儾荒軟]有汽車.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.

過(guò)高的房?jī)r(jià)已經(jīng)造成了窮人能夠買得起的住房嚴(yán)重短缺。

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. Unsuspecting buyers paid exorbitant prices for their railroad stock.

輕信的買主為買進(jìn)鐵路股份而付出了過(guò)高的代價(jià).

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.

以兩美元買十二個(gè)蛋,價(jià)格過(guò)高.

來(lái)自辭典例句