单词 | exorbitant |
释义 | exorbitant (ɪgzɔːʳbɪtənt ) adjective If you describe something such as a price or fee as exorbitant, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be. [emphasis] Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor. Synonyms: excessive, high, expensive, extreme exorbitantly adverb ...exorbitantly high salaries. Collocations: exorbitant cost I certainly hope this doesn't come at an exorbitant cost to the taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times And their acceptance of the exorbitant cost of everything demonstrates that they are much more tolerant, or possibly richer. Times, Sunday Times Along the way our building committee became very discouraged about a number of complications, especially the exorbitant cost. Christianity Today Then there's the exorbitant cost of the yacht — $300m or so — the maintenance and the issue of where to 'winterise' your vessel. Times, Sunday Times Anyone not so consumed will have their eyes closed, possibly in an attempt to forget the exorbitant cost of their ticket. Times, Sunday Times The rent was the exorbitant fee of 20 pounds per annum and many members were unhappy with this. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Visitors will have no option but to pay these exorbitant fees. ST Of course, people who agree to pay such exorbitant fees also have to take some responsibility. Times, Sunday Times Those who have not been able to get on the housing ladder are at the mercy of all-powerful landlords and rental agencies with exorbitant fees. Times, Sunday Times And, as with banks, you can claim back six years worth of these exorbitant fees. Times, Sunday Times But there can be no excuse for the exorbitant price of snacks once you are inside. The Sun Despite its exorbitant price and scant 12cm by 20cm by 5.5cm dimensions, celebrities can't get enough. Times, Sunday Times Bale will undoubtedly improve — but few could argue he lived up to his exorbitant price tag by the end of 90 minutes. The Sun Aspirational and original clothes without the exorbitant price tags. Times, Sunday Times The exorbitant price of land in the densely populated satellite city inspired a solar energy company to propose using one of the last remaining available plots of land - the cemetery. Times, Sunday Times This was an exorbitant rate and few could afford the privilege of having their food with salt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The samples may also be sold to desperate patients at an exorbitant rate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The app gives people who cannot obtain an overdraft an alternative to borrowing at exorbitant rates. Times,Sunday Times It seems we are having our bills hiked up to exorbitant rates just to satisfy the needs of these people. The Sun Unfortunately the banks realised many years ago that the same result could be achieved far quicker with penal charges and exorbitant rates of interest. Times, Sunday Times Imagine the anger a tenant must feel when presented with a large bill for extra charges on top of an already exorbitant rent. Times, Sunday Times Then someone will extract an exorbitant rent from a sibling with slightly too much relish, and there will be a tremendous row. Times, Sunday Times To afford the builders' exorbitant rents, tenants often had to sublet rooms, making the tenements into overcrowded and under-ventilated breeding grounds for disease. The Times Literary Supplement Hidden fees and charges, unreasonable deposits, exorbitant rents — our unregulated letting agents industry elicits countless complaints from tenants and landlords alike. Times, Sunday Times Small government with its exorbitant rents for the little guy. Times, Sunday Times Their reward should be a decent but not exorbitant salary and an opportunity to graduate to a top soccer league club. Times, Sunday Times Still, its profit was significantly diminished because of her exorbitant salary. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Like it or not, too many arts organisations have grown too large and top-heavy, with exorbitant salaries to match. Times,Sunday Times I can't believe licence payers have to subsidise exorbitant salaries, pension pots and executive travel. The Sun What are they actually doing to earn their exorbitant salaries and even higher expenses? The Sun The total cost of the establishment was reported to be the exorbitant sum of 1.7 million francs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Are clubs also at risk of creating problems by paying exorbitant sums to young players who may never actually go on to have professional careers? Times, Sunday Times The only winners here are the administrators who get their pound of flesh by charging exorbitant sums of money, while all about lose theirs. Times, Sunday Times They offer to do building or garden work then demand exorbitant sums for carrying out simple tasks. Times, Sunday Times Few individual players nowadays will add revenue at the turnstiles to equate with their high earnings, even though clubs charge their supporters exorbitant sums to watch their teams. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 过高的价格、费用 Japanese: 法外な |
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