Demand for topquality programmers exceeds supply, leading to extortionate salaries.

对优秀程序员的需求远远超过了供给，致使工资畸高。

The price exacted by the hijackers for redeeming the hostages was extortionate.

劫持者为交换人质而索要的代价太过分了。

Although PM has solved the problem of carbide segregation and crassitude fundamentally, it has complicated technics and extortionate cost, so restricts its application.

粉末冶金虽然从根本上解决了碳化物偏析和粗大的问题，但其工艺复杂，成本过高，应用受到限制。