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adjective
extortionate sense 1
The first known use of extortionary was in 1771
1 Whether such preferential treatment becomes more widespread, and even extortionary, will probably depend on the market and how it is regulated.
这样的优惠待遇是否会变得普及,甚或变得具有敲诈性,可能将取决于市场以及它的规则。
2 The average weekend warrior encounters increasingly insurmountable obstacles on their journey to the mountain: traffic chokes the highways; lift ticket prices are extortionary; climate change has made powder days scarcer.
3 Al-Shabaab, al Qaeda’s local affiliate, operates a shadow government in parts of Somalia, and his camel broker paid militants $300 in extortionary taxes to get 26 animals to Somaliland, which is far more stable than Somalia.
4 But while some manufacturers decide at the corporate level who gets what, others leave it to the dealers to play Santa, and the results can be extortionary.
5 The syndicates' extortionary attacks have worsened in the past year.
6 Recently, ransomware authors have gone even further and made extortionary threats to disclose sensitive information unless the ransom is paid.
7 She brings a buck into our bedroom, and extortionary let this goat live in.
她把一只山羊带进我们的卧室, 并且硬要让这只山羊住在儿.
1 过度的
over rank unlimited excessive panic unreasonable overdue undue extravagant wretched intolerable superlative exorbitant inordinate shrill unconscionable vaulting overdone extortionate immoderate unmeasurable overweening superabundant heavy fancy be-
2 非法
wrongous illegal excessive enormous unlawful illicit extravagant left-handed lawless spurious inordinate extortionate unchartered back-alley unwarrantable adulterine n.l. extraordinary extraordinarily under-the-counter irregularity enormity illegitimacy illegalize on the crook over the odds on the cross
3 掠夺
predatory extortionate rapacious rape spoil loot forage foray plunder extortion predation pillage depredation spoliation despoliation ravin reave prey raven filibuster extort spoliate pill pirate scoff harry depredate rob harrow flay despoil jayhawk blag
5 非法的
wrongous illegal excessive enormous unlawful illicit extravagant left-handed lawless spurious inordinate extortionate unchartered back-alley unwarrantable adulterine n.l. under-the-counter over the odds
6 强取的
7 掠夺的
8 过度
over rank unlimited excessive panic unreasonable overdue undue extravagant wretched intolerable superlative exorbitant inordinate shrill unconscionable vaulting overdone extortionate immoderate unmeasurable overweening superabundant hard deep heavy super overly unduly overfull trop troppo fancy overproportion excess plethora surfeit overmuch immoderation basinful be- super- hyper- overtrain overdo supercharge cap the climax beyond the moon