| 单词 | moneylender |
| 释义 | moneylender noun[C] mainlydisapprovinguk/ˈmʌn.iˌlen.dər/us/ˈmʌn.iˌlen.dɚ/apersonororganizationwhosejobis tolendmoneytopeopleinreturnforpayment: 放债者；钱庄Families withmoneyproblemsoftenfallinto thehandsof the moneylenders and getfurtherintodebt.出现经济困难的家庭常受放债人的摆布，在债务中越陷越深。 Compare loan sharkinformaldisapproving See also lender Borrowers & lenders
moneylender| Business Englishmoneylender noun[C] FINANCEuk/ˈmʌniˌlendər/usapersonorbusinessthatlendsmoneybut is notconnectedwith abank: The moneylendertargetedlowincomehouseholds. Examplesofmoneylendermoneylender Weaving families generally owned their own modest houses, their looms and their other tools, though frequently these served as security against debts to moneylenders. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, it enabled those workers who were financially bonded to a particular landlord and/ormoneylenderto pay off their debts. From theCambridge English Corpus Although freed from landlords and moneylenders, they were enslaved by their new employers. From theCambridge English Corpus A few owned some marginal plots of land in their own name thirty years ago, but even this was often soon enough lost to moneylenders. From theCambridge English Corpus As farmers take out loans to pay for the inputs, they become dependent on moneylenders and continued pesticide use, which is frequently ineffective and uneconomic. From theCambridge English Corpus Her husband had gone away with their son in search of work; they needed cash to pay the accumulating rent and interest to themoneylender. From theCambridge English Corpus In the 1880s debt was indeed a constraint on working-class families, who struggled to make ends meet, resorting to the pawnbroker or to unlicensed moneylenders. From theCambridge English Corpus A big percentage of these men were either free or voluntary workers who paid their own passages or borrowed from village moneylenders or recruiting agents. From theCambridge English Corpus Traditionally, many of them worked as traders and moneylenders. From theCambridge English Corpus He notes that junior civilians and soldiers found it hard to make ends meet, which resulted in their living 'in misery' or falling into debt to moneylenders. From theCambridge English Corpus Levi musters considerable evidence to show that the moneylenders were dispersed across the countryside, although their presence was most notable in the cities. From theCambridge English Corpus Most therefore were forced to borrow in order to pay-which increased the agriculturist's tax burden, lined the pockets of themoneylender, while adding nothing to the government's income. From theCambridge English Corpus High prices tempted cocoa farmers into unsustainable consumption patterns, according to the paper, and when prices inevitably fell, farmers were thrown into the clutches of moneylenders. From theCambridge English Corpus It is a sort of moneylender's squeeze with a vengeance or, rather, a pound of flesh from the most defenceless people of our land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, a great deal of money is spent by moneylenders in sending out circulars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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