pawnbroker

英 [ˈpɔːnbrəʊkə(r)] 美 [ˈpɔːnbroʊkər]

n.  典当商人; 当铺老板

复数:pawnbrokers

BNC.25784 / COCA.35143



牛津词典

noun

  1. 典当商人;当铺老板
    a person who lends money in exchange for articles left with them. If the money is not paid back by a particular time, the pawnbroker can sell the article.

    柯林斯词典

    1. 典当商;当铺老板
      A pawnbroker is a person who lends people money. People give the pawnbroker something they own, which can be sold if they do not pay back the money before a certain time.

      双语例句

      1. As a result, having exhausted his credit with the tradesmen ( though he had increased his credit with the grocer to five dollars), his wheel and suit of clothes went back to the pawnbroker.
        结果是,在一些商家拒绝赊欠之后他的自行车和见客服装又回到当铺里去了,同时他在杂货铺的赊欠能力却提高到了五元。
      2. The credit crunch isn't positive for any pawnbroker because we lend money and make money from people repaying their loans.
        信贷紧缩并非对所有的典当商都有利,因为典当行的利润来自于典当赎金和利息。
      3. That reluctance by banks to lend has helped earn the UK's biggest pawnbroker a47 per centrise in profits.
        正是银行的惜贷使得这个英国最大的典当公司的利润增长了47%。
      4. She couldn't afford to redeem her wedding ring from the pawnbroker.
        她没钱从典当商那里赎回她的结婚戒指。
      5. He redeemed his ring from the pawnbroker.
        他从当铺赎回了他的戒指。
      6. She redeemed her ring from the pawnbroker.
        她从当铺老板那赎回了她的戒指。
      7. If you cannot do this, as a last resort, the pledge will get sold off, but it is generally not in the pawnbroker's interest to do so, particularly as many of them thrive on repeat customers.
        若你还不能偿还,典当行终极将会出售抵押品。但是典当商这么做是不得已而为之的,由于他们特别依靠从回头客身上赚钱。
      8. Having paid off the pawnbroker, I now had my watch out of hock.
        偿还了当铺老板的债,我赎回了自己的手表。
      9. Voice over Telephone: Hello, is this the pawnbroker's?
        电话传来的声音:喂,是当铺老板吗?
      10. Pawnbroker operates in the mortgage of real estate, which becomes a new point of economic growth in the development of pawnbroking.
        典当行经营不动产抵押业务,已成为典当业发展的一个新的经济增长点。

      英英释义

      noun

      1. a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security