| 单词 | usury |
| 释义 | usury noun[U] formaldisapprovinguk/ˈjuː.ʒər.i/us/ˈjuː.ʒɚ.i/theactivityoflendingsomeonemoneywith theagreementthat they willpayback a very muchlargeramountofmoneylater 放高利贷Borrowing & lending
usury| Business Englishusury noun[U] formaldisapprovinguk/ˈjuːzjʊri/us/-ʒɚI/thelendingofmoneyatextremelyhighinterestrates: Thepaydayloans,exemptfrom usurylaws,carryanannualinterestrateof 390%. usurernoun[C]uk/ˈjuːzjʊrər/us/-ʒɚə˞/ a usurer whochargedextortionateratesofinterest usuriousadjectiveuk/juːˈzjʊəriəs/us/juːˈʒʊri-/ a usuriousrate Examplesofusuryusury Because ofusurylaws, no estimate of free-market interest rates has been available since 1979. From theCambridge English Corpus Inquisitors may well have seen heretics as particularly prone to the sins of avarice andusury. From theCambridge English Corpus Many readers will be left wondering how exactlyusurygradually shed its sinful associations and, in the guise of moderate interest-taking, began keeping respectable company. From theCambridge English Corpus In such a setting, it is understandable that most loans at interest were related to emergencies or consumer crises andusurywas morally suspect. From theCambridge English Corpus Medieval moralists scorned any form of profit as "usury," seeing it as unjust exchange. From theCambridge English Corpus The first big capital funds in circulation accumulated through banking andusury, before they could be used in the sphere of production. From theCambridge English Corpus There are links here with penances for avarice orusury. From theCambridge English Corpus I am very conscious about how many parliamentarians shy away from opposition tousurybecause it is so embedded in our system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also the persistence ofusuryon what is regarded as a universal scale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No harm can be done to anybody except the person who wishes to disguise the rate ofusury. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is some sort of psychological limit to the amount ofusurythat a person is prepared to pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am a bit tired of thisusurythat is practised on the local authorities all the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I protest against thisusury, however petty it may be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was very fascinating to go into the theology ofusury. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact the manual is advising people on income support to rely onusury. 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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