highway robbery

英 美
  • n. 持枪拦路劫(很高的价格)
highwayrobber
  • higgling 讨价还价,临机应变
  • higgs meson[物](假设的)希格斯介子
  • high adj.高的；高尚的；高级的；高度的；全盛的adv.高；奢侈地；音调高n.高水平；高气压；（麻醉品带来的）快感
  • high aim n:大志
  • high bank 高沙洲,高堤

详细释义

Noun:
  1. an exorbitant price;

    "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery"

  2. robbery of travellers on or near a public road

双语例句

1. This is highway robbery!
这简直是拦路抢劫！

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2. What I paid for that was highway robbery!
我为此所付出的钱犹如遭强盗抢一样！

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3. It's highway robbery to charge that much for a haircut.
理个发收费那么多等于是拦路抢钱。

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4. Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare's day.
莎士比亚时代的英国拦路抢劫者很普遍。

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5. That's highway robbery! I can buy the same thing for half the price at the shop down the road!
简直是敲竹杠！我可以用一半的价钱在这条街的商店里买到同样的东西。

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6. He put a preoccupation with the opportunity to speak, like a bandit squatting on roadside, ready covetously to a highway robbery.
他是一个全神贯注寻找发言机会的人，就像一个蹲在路边虎视眈眈准备拦路抢劫的强盗一样。

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7. He put a preoccupation with the opportunity to speak, like a bandit squatting on roadside, ready covetously to a highway robbery.
他是一个全神贯注寻找发言机会的人，就像一个蹲在路边虎视眈眈准备拦路抢劫的强盗一样。

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