exorbitant
adjective /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/
/ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt/
(formal)- (of a price
价格 过高的；高得离谱的 - exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents
过高的花费／交通费／收费／价格／租金 - It’s a good hotel but the prices are exorbitant.
这是一家不错的旅馆，但价格过高。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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词源late Middle English (originally describing a legal case that is outside the scope of a law): from late Latin exorbitant- ‘going off the track’, from exorbitare, from ex- ‘out from’ + orbita ‘course, track’. - exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents