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a moneylender lends money to sb
注意 lend 的过去式是 lent，lend sth to sb 表示“把某物借给某人”。
The moneylender lent money to farmers at very high interest.
那个放债者以很高的利息借钱给农民。
放高利贷者；放债者
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放高利贷者；放债者
a person who lends money at very high or excessive interest rates
The moneylender lent money to farmers at very high interest.
那个放债者以很高的利息借钱给农民。
放贷并收取利息的人,尤指不属于正规金融业者。
A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.
The old moneylender charged twenty percent interest on every loan.
那个老放债者每笔贷款收取百分之二十的利息。
After he lost his job, he borrowed from a moneylender to pay the rent.
失业后，他向放债者借钱来付房租。
Moneylenders often demand some kind of security before they lend money.
放债者在借钱之前通常要求某种担保。
注意 lend 的过去式是 lent，lend sth to sb 表示“把某物借给某人”。
The moneylender lent money to farmers at very high interest.
那个放债者以很高的利息借钱给农民。
borrow ... from ... 表示“向……借”，与 lend ... to ... 方向相反。
He borrowed a large sum from a moneylender to pay his debts.
他向放债者借了一大笔钱来还债。
go to a moneylender 常指为了借钱而去找放债者。
Desperate for cash, she went to a moneylender for a short-term loan.
她急需现金，于是去找放债者借一笔短期贷款。
Not this
He borrowed money from moneylender.
Use this
He borrowed money from a moneylender.
moneylender 是可数名词，单数形式不能单独使用，前面要有不定冠词 a。
Not this
He borrowed money to a moneylender.
Use this
He borrowed money from a moneylender.
borrow 表示“借入”，要用 from 引出出借人；to 表示“借出/给”，与 borrowed 搭配语义相反。
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向放债者借钱
He had to borrow from a moneylender to pay the rent.
他不得不向放债者借钱来付房租。
当地放债者
She went to a local moneylender for a quick loan.
为了快速拿到贷款，她去找当地的放债者。
持牌放债人
A licensed moneylender must follow strict rules.
持牌放债人必须遵守严格的规定。
偿还放债者
He worked extra hours to repay the moneylender.
他加班干活以偿还放债者的钱。
放债者的利息
The moneylender's interest was incredibly high.
这个放债者收取的利息高得惊人。
非法放债者
Illegal moneylenders often threaten their borrowers.
非法放债者常常威胁借贷人。
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把 money(钱) 和 lender(出借人) 拼在一起：moneylender 就是专门放钱收利息的人，常指高利贷者。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律与金融文件、历史叙述、新闻报道 moneylender 多用于法律、金融或历史语境，语气比较正式；日常口语中更常说 lender 或含贬义的 loan shark。
Money /ˈmʌni/ and lender /ˈlendə/ are the two parts of moneylender /ˈmʌni.lendə/. Lender /ˈlendə/ and tender /ˈtendə/ rhyme: both end in /endə/. Lend /lend/ and lending /ˈlendɪŋ/ keep the base chunk /lend/. Beware splendid /ˈsplendɪd/: it spells 'lend' inside but is pronounced differently and does not rhyme with lender.
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