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exorbitantly adverb uk /ɪɡˈzɔː.bɪ.tənt.li/ us /eɡˈzɔːr.bə.t̬ənt.li/ in a way that is much too much, or much too expensive: 过分地;昂贵地 exorbitantly expensiveTickets are exorbitantly expensive.门票出奇地贵。 exorbitantly pricedDVD players were exorbitantly priced when they first hit the marketDVD播放机刚上市时价格过高。 exorbitantly highLoans are available at exorbitantly high interest rates.贷款利率高得离谱。 Restaurants serve simple food in a snooty way and think they can charge exorbitantly for it.餐馆以傲慢的方式提供简单的食物,并认为他们可以为此收取高昂的费用。 Skyscrapers are usually built only where land is scarce and exorbitantly expensive. They sell asparagus out of season, exorbitantly overpriced. For years the airline has been using its unassailable position to charge exorbitantly on these routes. The newspaper paid exorbitantly for the privilege of being the first to publish the letters. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Costing too much bottomless pit capital intensive cheap cheap at half the priceidiom cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom cost someone a pretty pennyidiom cost someone dearidiom costliness daylight robbery dear exorbitant gouge pretty price fixing price someone out price yourself out of the marketidiom prohibitive prohibitively prohibitory sight |