extortionate
🇬🇧/ɪkˈstɔːʃənət/ 🇺🇸/ɪkˈstɔːrʃənət/
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If you describe something such as a price as extortionate, you are emphasizing that it is much greater than it should be. (价格) 离谱的
adjective [原级] 敲诈的；勒索的；过高的
They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest. 他们在放高利贷。
后缀: ate
【verb/adjective】 表示使成为或具有某种特性的 - indicating to make or become
原词: extortionate
是通过后缀 【ate】 构成的派生词
