dun a debtor
collocation向债务人催款;催讨欠款
The agency was hired to dun the debtor.
该机构受雇向债务人催款。
催讨;催债
纠缠;烦扰;不断骚扰;向债务人催款;通过不断重复来骚扰,如请求
to repeatedly demand payment from someone who owes money
向债务人催款
To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
通过不断重复来骚扰,如请求
To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
一般现在时
The company duns its customers every month.
公司每月催讨客户欠款。
一般过去时
The landlord dunned the tenant for rent.
房东向租户催讨租金。
现在完成时
They have dunned him repeatedly.
他们已经多次催讨他。
规则动词
The creditor duns him every week for the unpaid loan.
债权人每周都催讨他未偿还的贷款。
用法提示:动词's dun'的第三人称单数形式,表示反复催讨欠款。
She is tired of dunning her customers for overdue payments.
她厌倦了向客户催讨逾期的付款。
用法提示:动词's dun'的现在分词形式,表示持续进行催讨动作。
The landlord dunned the tenant for the rent until it was paid.
房东一直催讨房客的租金,直到付清为止。
用法提示:动词's dun'的过去式形式,表示过去发生的催讨行为。
demand 是一般性、语气强硬的“要求”,不限于债务,也不含反复纠缠;与 dun 相比更直接正式,可用于任何事物,而 dun 专指催讨欠款或反复骚扰。
press 重在施加压力、反复敦促,不一定指债务;常用于 press for payment 等搭配,语气比 dun 正式,但不带“骚扰”的贬义。
badger 强调不厌其烦地反复请求一般事务,比 dun 更常见于普通生活会话,戏谑味较强;不专门指催款。
hound 语气更重,表示像追捕一样不断骚扰,通常不限于请求,多含恶意或逼迫;dun 不包含这种追逐感。
pester 强调因小事反复打扰,语气随意,常用于日常抱怨;dun 则多半针对欠款或正式请求,语气更严肃。
用于“催债”义:dun 指反复向债务人催款,pay 是债务人付款,方向相反但不是严格的反义词,而是对应的动作。
用于“纠缠/骚扰”义:dun 指反复打扰、催问,leave alone 是这一层的直接反面,表示停止打扰。
向债务人催款;催讨欠款
The agency was hired to dun the debtor.
该机构受雇向债务人催款。
催付;催讨欠款
They dunned him for payment of the overdue invoice.
他们催他支付逾期的发票。
催款函;催讨信
Another dunning letter arrived from the utility company.
公用事业公司又寄来一封催款函。
反复催讨;不断纠缠
The collector dunned her repeatedly until she paid.
收账人反复催她,直到她付清欠款。
被催款的对象
通常由债权人或其代理人发出催款
催款所要求的行为
欠款逾期常引发催款
追讨欠款的过程或相关业务
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