| 释义 |
exˈtortionary, a.
[f. as prec. + -ary.]
Given to or characterized by extortion.
1805W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. III. 60 The fixed shopkeeper is not only less extortionary to his customer, but is more taxable to the state. 1831E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son I. 41 The extortionary Jew, chuckling with ecstacy at the usury he was about to realize. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India I. 365 The overbearing and extortionary spirit of that military rule. |