Word · Frequency #41643
usurer
/ˈjuːʒərə/
noun
高利贷者
核心释义
a person who lends money and charges interest, especially at an excessively high or illegal rate
- 1.
放高利贷者,以过高、剥削性或非法利率借钱给他人的人。
A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
- 2.
放高利贷者
someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
放高利贷者,以过高、剥削性或非法利率借钱给他人的人。；放高利贷者；高利贷者；[经] 高利贷者
用法In use
The old usurer demanded double the amount back within a month.
用法提示：此处 usurer 作名词，指以极高利息放贷的人。
In the novel, the poor family had to borrow from a cruel usurer.
用法提示：usurer 用作名词，表示靠剥削性高利贷牟利的人。
People in the village avoided the usurer because of his unfair rates.
用法提示：usurer 作名词，指收取不公平高额利息的放贷者。
a usurer who does sth
介绍身份时，常用 who 引导的定语从句进一步说明其放贷行为。
The old man was a usurer who charged his neighbours twenty percent a month.
那个老头是个放高利贷的人，每月向邻居收取百分之二十的利息。
be branded (as) a usurer
brand sb (as) a usurer 表示公开指认某人为高利贷者，被动式中 as 可以省略。
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