usury

英 [ˈjuːʒəri]

美 [ˈjuːʒəri]

n.  放高利贷; 高利盘剥

GRE经济

BNC.34482 / COCA.29379

牛津词典

noun

• 放高利贷；高利盘剥
  the practice of lending money to people at unfairly high rates of interest

柯林斯词典

• 高利贷；高利盘剥
  Usuryis the practice of lending money at a high rate of interest.

英英释义

noun

• the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
• an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
  Synonym:vigorish

双语例句

• The more depressed is the country, the less capital is available, and the more active is the usury& a vicious circle which saps the life of the peasants.
  农村经济越萧条，资金便越缺乏，高利贷亦越活跃&这个恶性循环耗尽了农民的血汗。
• He made money by practicing usury.
  他靠放高利贷生财。
• Until the Church prohibited usury, Venetian creditors used to charge 20% interest on well-secured loans.
  直到教会组织严禁发放高利贷前，威尼斯的放贷者惯于对有可靠抵押的债款征收20%利息。
• The ones that practised usury had made a slap on the face of mine, the tiger bites three people in order to rescue me.
  放高利贷的打了我一耳光，老虎为了救我，咬伤了三个人。
• He returned her love and devotion with usury.
  他给她的爱恋和忠诚以加倍地回报。
• How old fataler being, they loving-kindness having to you, you cannot pay off forever also seems to be the snowballing usury high interest goods this feeling.
  更要命的是，他们对有多大的恩情，这个情好像是驴打滚的高利货似的，永远也还不清呀。
• They were also exploited by usury.
  他们还受高利贷的剥削。
• Without fee caps or usury laws, we're in the bankers'hands.
  没有收费最高限额或针对放高利贷的相关法律保护，我们就只能任由银行家宰割了。
• But capable also didn't have so much money to also usury.
  然则一帆也没有那么多钱去还高利贷。
• And the principal means for suppressing the common liberty were& money and usury.
  这时，货币和高利贷已成为压制人民自由的主要手段。