highway robbery

公路抢劫:在公路上或附近对旅行者进行的抢劫行为
常用释义
公路抢劫:在公路上或附近对旅行者进行的抢劫行为,也可以指从商业交易中获得的过高利润或优势。

例句

1·This is highway robbery!

这简直是拦路抢劫!

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!

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。

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。

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。

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。