usurer
英 ['ju??(?)r?]
美 ['ju??r?]
助記提示
1. Usury is etymologically 'use' of money lent, hence 'interest'.
2. Originally the practice of lending money at interest, later, at excessive rates of interest.
英文詞源
- usurer (n.)
- late 13c., "one who lends money at interest," but later especially "one who lends money at an exorbitant rate of interest," from Anglo-French usurer, Old French usurier, usureor, from Medieval Latin usurarius "money-lender, usurer," from Latin usurarius (adj.) "pertaining to interest; that pays interest," from usura (see usury).
雙語例句
- 1. Shylock is a usurer, yet not a usurer in general.
- 夏洛克是一個放高利貸者, 但又不是一個一般化的放高利貸者.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The usurer squeezed the poor people.
- 高利貸者壓榨窮人.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Shylock, the Jew, lived at Venice: he was an usurer.
- 猶太人夏洛克住在威尼斯,他是個放印子錢的人.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Why did gorgeous usurer nurture these fronds for your pleasure?
- 那位討人喜歡的放高利貸的人為什么培育出這些蕨類植物讓你來享樂?
來自辭典例句
- 5. He mortgaged his house to the usurer for & 30000.
- 他把房子抵押給放高利貸者,借款3萬鎊.
來自辭典例句