| 词汇 | usurious |
| 释义 | usurious adjective formaldisapprovinguk /juːˈzjʊə.ri.əs/ us /juːˈʒʊr.i.əs/ A usurious price or rate of interest is one that is unfairly high. : 高利贷的 usurious interest rates高利贷利率 Store cards may charge usurious rates, but they are not designed for taking extended credit.商店发行的信用卡虽然会征收高利贷般的逾期还款利率，但是发行这种卡的本意就不是为了给予顾客超长的信贷还款期。 costing a lot of money expensiveHe thinks he's special with his expensive suits and fancy shoes. dearUKI find the veg too dear in that supermarket. costlyThey made several costly mistakes, including spending $60 million on shoddy machinery. priceyThe restaurants in town are a bit pricey. exclusiveThey have an apartment in an exclusive part of town. relating to usury(= lending money at a rate of interest that is too high): 放高利贷的 They were becoming increasingly unpopular due to usurious moneylending.那时他们因为放高利贷而变得愈加令人憎恨。 Clearly this move will drive the poor to the usurious money lender. 这项举措显然会驱使穷人去借高利贷。 See usury He began as a financier, lending small sums of money to workmen at usurious interest. He had borrowed money at usurious rates to start a tiny store. Many of them can't make payments on the usurious loans they take out to finance their trip. Costing too much bottomless pit capital intensive cheap cheap at half the priceidiom cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom cost someone a pretty pennyidiom cost someone dearidiom costliness daylight robbery dear exorbitant gouge outprice pretty price fixing price someone out price yourself out of the marketidiom prohibitive prohibitively sight Examples of usurioususurious No wonder the church ignored, or even repudiated, its immemorial condemnation of usurious finance. What justification is there for this usurious inflation? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Such encouragement puts people in hock, constantly in debt, often unable to meet usurious rates of interest, which seem constantly to he hiked up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People who are trapped in poverty can encounter usurious rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are always asking us what we propose to do to cut the trammels of this usurious interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any thriving economy needs a healthy supply of credit, but it should not be lent at usurious rates of interest, as too often happens now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Interest payments, at this time of inflation and with interest rates at an almost usurious level, are a very substantial sum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think we are really justified in treating these people on stern usurious lines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It should do a great deal to banish the image of the usurious moneylender which all too often has been justifiably applied in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It merely let the corporation borrow money at usurious rates of interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The point is the famine of houses, and the power which the famine of houses gives to certain landlords to exact a rent which is usurious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Millions of families are living in the hope that something will turn up, pressurised as they are by loan sharks and greedy money-lenders charging usurious rates of interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I call those usurious rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are typically usurious proposals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where high interest rates are considered usurious, unsecured loans are either not made at all, or are made by loan sharks unafraid of the law. 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