資料來源 : pyDict
過度的,過高的,過分的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Exorbitant \Ex*or"bi*tant\, a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of
exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf.
F. exorbitant. See {Orbit}.]
1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating
from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed
rules or established limits of right or propriety;
excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as,
exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges,
demands, or claims.
Foul exorbitant desires. --Milton.
2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant,
and such as their laws had not provided for.
--Hooker.
資料來源 : WordNet®
exorbitant
adj : greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;
"exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an
outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest
rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: {extortionate},
{outrageous}, {steep}, {unconscionable}, {usurious}]