中英互译
highway robbery
基本释义
- 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。
双语例句
- This is highway robbery!这简直是拦路抢劫!
- What I paid for that was highway robbery!我为此所付出的钱犹如遭强盗抢一样!
- 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。
网络短语
- commit highway robbery在路上或路附近抢劫;特指对行人的抢劫
- Highway Robbery Records出版者
- attempted highway robbery公然抢劫未遂
- countermeasure study on highway robbery高速公路抢劫犯罪对策研究
- robbery on the highway高速公路抢劫
英英释义
- n.an exorbitant price
- n.robbery of travellers on or near a public road
词源
- highway robberyFrom highway + robbery. Compare Old English weġrēaf (“highway robbery”, literally “road-theft”).