mid-15c., a legal term, "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" from Late Latin exorbitantem (nominative exorbitans), present participle of exorbitare "deviate, go out of the track," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + orbita "wheel track" (see orb). General sense of "excessive, immoderate" is from 1620s; of prices, rates, etc., from 1660s. Related: Exorbitantly.
实用例句
1. Investment remains tiny primarily because of the exorbitant cost of land.
投资仍然微乎其微，主要原因在于土地成本过高。来自柯林斯例句
2. They're charging an exorbitant price for fixing the car, but they've got us over a barrel because we can't do without it.
他们修理这部汽车索价太高, 但我们被逼得只好听其摆布,因为我们不能没有汽车.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.
过高的房价已经造成了穷人能够买得起的住房严重短缺。来自辞典例句
4. Unsuspecting buyers paid exorbitant prices for their railroad stock.
轻信的买主为买进铁路股份而付出了过高的代价.来自辞典例句
5. Two dollars is an exorbitant price for a dozen eggs.
