"extortionate prices"
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ADJ 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 [强调]
...a specially prepared menu on which basic dishes are charged at extortionate prices.
…一份特别准备的菜单，上面的普通菜肴定价离谱。
Icelanders claim that charging 5.5% interest over 15 years is extortionate in an era of near-zero base rates.
冰岛人声称，在几乎零基准利率的年代索要15年以上5.5%的高利率简直是敲诈。
Moneylenders are common across rural India, often providing loans at extortionate rates. Some farmers hand over food booklets as collateral.
在印度农村，放债者非常普遍，他们通常以勒索性的利率提供贷款，有些农民被迫交出粮食册作为抵押。
Optimists will argue that the extortionate oil prices of July were an aberration, the result of unwholesome speculation divorced from the reality of supply and demand.
乐观者将争辩7月油价畸高是反常现象。是不道德的投机与实际供给需求相背离的结果。
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