Overcharge

(noun.) a price that is too high.

(verb.) rip off; ask an unreasonable price.

校对:洛丽塔

• If his employer is a farmer, the final payment, together with a like overcharge, will fall upon the rent of the landlord. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The final payment of both the one and the other falls altogether upon themselves, and always with a considerable overcharge. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The results of the first month's test showed an apparent overcharge by the Edison company. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Sloppy they left behind, relieving his overcharged breast with a paroxysm of mangling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The wits would perform the office of introduction with overcharged pomp and politeness, but they could not easily overstep his sense of its gravity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• My overcharged heart found the same relief, and I cried too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I know not whether Madame had overcharged or under-charged the dose; its result was not that she intended. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• If fervent prayers, gushing from hearts overcharged with gratitude, be heard in heaven--and if they be not, what prayers are! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• There was no talking back, no dissatisfaction about overcharging, no grumbling about anything. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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