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单词 daylight robbery
释义
daylight robbery
noun[U]
UKinformal
uk
/ˌdeɪ.laɪt ˈrɒb.ər.i/us
/ˌdeɪ.laɪt ˈrɑː.bɚ.i/
(UShighway robbery)
asituationin which you have topayfartoo muchmoneyfor something:
漫天要价；敲竹杠
£6 for anorangejuice? That's justdaylightrobbery!橙汁6英镑一杯？简直就是抢钱！
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to be expensive
  • cost a (small) fortuneThis trip cost a fortune.
  • cost an arm and a legDrinks at that club cost an arm and a leg.
  • be daylight robberyWhat they're charging to get in is daylight robbery.
  • be highway robbery$50 for two drinks? That's highway robbery!
  • be a rip-off£200 for a concert ticket is a total rip-off.
  • be prohibitively expensiveThe cost of textbooks alone makes schooling prohibitively expensive for many.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Costing too much
  • a bottomless pitidiom
  • bottomless
  • capital intensive
  • cheap
  • cheap at half the priceidiom
  • cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
  • costsomeonea pretty pennyidiom
  • costsomeonedearidiom
  • dear
  • exorbitant
  • gouge
  • non-competitive
  • outprice
  • overcharge
  • pretty
  • price fixing
  • pricesomeoneout
  • priceyourselfout of the marketidiom
  • prohibitive
  • sight
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(Definition ofdaylight robberyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

daylight robbery| Business English

daylight robbery
noun[U]
UK
uk
us
(UShighway robbery)
asituationin which someone ischargedapricethat is much too high:
Thebanksshould not beableto get away with thisdaylightrobbery.
(Definition ofdaylight robberyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdaylight robbery

daylight robbery
Whichever way one looks at it, it isdaylightrobbery, and it will go on.
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Surprise, surprise: the predators who bought that chunk of privatised land committeddaylightrobbery.
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The opposition called the results scandalousdaylightrobbery, claiming an outright victory in the first round with 50.3% of the votes.
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A case ofdaylightrobbery.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It should not, however, lead todaylightrobbery.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Why should he conceivably undertake the risks associated with manslaughter when he can get away withdaylightrobberyscotfree?
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After nationalisation in 1977 the old owners were given a golden handshake in return for theirdaylightrobbery.
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I made it quite clear that this is going beyond privatisation—it is sheerdaylightrobbery.
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What happens at present amounts to nothing less thandaylightrobbery.
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However, capital gains tax that does not take account of inflation is confiscation for that inflation amount, and, therefore,daylightrobbery.
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These are absolutely unspeakable practices that are bordering ondaylightrobbery, and these operators are responsible - they provide no transparency for consumers.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Considering what those councils do with the money, those figures represent not cuts butdaylightrobbery.
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Hansard archive
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I welcome the changes to council tax benefits, as a response to the "daylightrobbery" campaign.
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We have heard cries of, "daylightrobbery", and "windfall profit" from time to time during the past few months.
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Otherwise, such a tax is confiscation anddaylightrobbery.
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