extortionate
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪk'stɔːʃ(ə)nət; ek-]
- 美式音标 [ɪkˈstɔːr.ʃən.ət]
- 国际音标 [ik'stɔ:ʃənət,-ʃənəri]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.敲詐的；勒索的；過高的
同根派生
- n性質的同根詞
- extortion：勒索；敲詐；強奪；被勒索的財物。
- extortionist：勒索者；勒索錢財。
- extortioner：敲詐者，勒索者。
- vt性質的同根詞
- extort：敲詐；侵佔；強求；牽強地引出。
英汉例句
- It is also one of the most extortionate and violent.
在那裡也是敲詐勒索與暴行發生最頻繁的地方。 - Icelanders claim that charging 5.5% interest over 15 years is extortionate in an era of near-zero base rates.
冰島人聲稱，在幾乎零基準利率的年代索要15年以上5.5%的高利率簡直是敲詐。 - Having tried to raise taxes on agricultural exports to extortionate levels, she turned the resulting dispute with angry farmers into a trial of strength which she lost.
她試圖將辳業出口稅調至“敲詐般”的高度，憤怒的辳民提出抗議，尅裡斯蒂娜想借此試探誰的力量更強一點，結果她輸了。 - But a threat this year to ban satellite dishes by imposing extortionate licence fees was not carried out.
ECONOMIST: The hopes kindled by the saffron revolution have faded fast - His taxi driver will refuse to start the meter, demanding an extortionate fare instead.
ECONOMIST: Enemies of promise The
雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- extortionate stipulation 敲詐性的槼定;財經
- extortionate detail 敲詐的
- extorsive extortionate 敲詐的
- exorbitant extortionate 過高的
- extortionate price 昂貴的價格
短語
英英字典
- extremely expensive
- If you describe something such as a price as extortionate, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be.