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。

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英汉例句

雙語例句

• 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。

權威例句

• 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

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词组短语

短語

• 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

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• extremely expensive

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe something such as a price as extortionate, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be.

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