extortionate怎么读,extortionate的音标和真人发音
英音  [ɪkˈstɔ:ʃənət]    
美音 [ɪkˈstɔrʃənɪt]    
音节划分:ex-tor-tion-ate

extortionate是什么意思,extortionate的意思是

adj.过高的,过分的,敲诈的
所属分类: TEM8

extortionate的词源和记忆技巧

extortionate 过高的
ex-, 向外。-tort, 扭曲,词源同turn, contort. 即过高要求的。

extortionate 的用法和双语例句“点击”或“选中”例句中的单词,就可以看到词义解释

The larger part of this extortionate exaction does not represent payment for the use of money , but insurance on risk , which is very great .
这种过分的榨取,主要不是钱的使用费,而是巨大风险的保险金。
When sirena opened , there was a spot of bother with some extortionate bandits ; now , says mr novikov , russia is " becoming more law-abiding " ( even if the bureaucratic hurdles have increased ) .
当sirena开张的时候,还有一些勒索犯来找麻烦;不过诺维科夫说,现在俄罗斯正在“变得更遵循法律的规定”(即使官僚主义的障碍有所增加)。
The emerging favourite , with only marginally better ratings , is henry tang ying-yen , the current chief secretary , whose most memorable recent public pronouncement has been his defence of the despised property tycoons who get blamed for the territory 's extortionate housing prices .
受大家喜爱的唐英年,仅有一点微弱优势,是现在政务司司长,他近期最引人注意的公开声明就是他对地产大亨藐视的辩解,人们认为那些人应该为香港过高的房价而受到谴责。
Extortionate call charges put customers off .
昂贵的话费使乘客敬而远之。
The price exacted by the hijackers for redeeming the hostages was extortionate .
劫持者为交换人质而索要的代价太过分了。
Those are extortionate interest rates to be charging .
这些是要处理的过多的利息。
Scholars were charged extortionate permissions fees , and often bluntly refused the right to quote from his grandfather 's work at all .
学者引用乔伊斯作品时被迫交纳昂贵的许可费,甚至经常根本不被获准引用。