usury
usury 英 [ˈju:ʒəri] 美 [ˈjuʒəri]
n. 高利；高利贷；利益
名词复数:usuries
- Usury means lending money at exorbitant interest rates. Credit-card companies charging annual interest rates of 29% are guilty of usury, as far as I'm concerned.
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- n. 高利；高利贷；利益
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1. They lend out money on usury.
他们放高利贷。
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2. He said the bill fails to address usury issues.
他说，这项法案没有解决高利贷问题。
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3. Islam, too, has much to say about usury and the accumulation of wealth at the expense of welfare.
伊斯兰教也大量提到关于放高利贷的事，财富的积累是以牺牲幸福为代价的。
- usury (n.) c. 1300, "practice of lending money at interest," later, at excessive rates of interest, from Medieval Latin usuria, alteration of Latin usura "payment for the use of money, interest," literally "a usage, use, enjoyment," from usus, from stem of uti (see use (v.)). From mid-15c. as "premium paid for the use of money, interest," especially "exorbitant interest."
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