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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

价格过高的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jià gé guò gāo de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Overpriced/ˌoʊ.vɚˈpraɪst/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这家商店的服装质量一般,但价格过高的。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Costing too much; charging more than something is actually worth or reasonable.

    "Many tourists avoid buying souvenirs in the city center because they are notoriously overpriced."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix over- (meaning 'excessively' or 'too much') combined with the past participle of price, originating from Middle English via Old French and Latin. The compound adjective gained widespread usage in the mid-20th century as consumer markets expanded and commercial pricing strategies became more prominent.

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