pawnbroker
英 ['pɔːnbrəʊkə]
美['pɔnbrokɚ]
- n. 当铺老板；典当商
英英释义
- 1. a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
实用场景例句
- Money borrowed from a pawnbroker did not have to be repaid for fifteen months.
- 从当铺老板那里借的钱不必在15个月内归还.
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- They can hardly take any steps until the good pawnbroker is safely in bed.
- 在那个好心肠的当铺老板睡安稳以前,他们是不可能采取任何行动的.
辞典例句
- A pawnbroker will still be a pawnbroker.
- 当铺老板终归还是当铺老板.
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- Pawnbroker: I am not here to tell you the time.
- 当铺老板: 我不是专门告诉你时间的.
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- She could get fifty dollars for those if she went to a pawnbroker.
- 要是她去当铺当了这些东西,她是可以筹出50块钱的.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- He redeemed his ring from the pawnbroker.
- 他从当铺赎回了他的戒指.
期刊摘选
- 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.
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- A pawnbroker is a on the business of accepting goods by way security for a loan.
- 当铺老板经营这样一种行业:接受有体动产作为质押来给予借款.
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中文词源
pawnbroker 典当商人
pawn,典当，broker,中介。
双语例句
- 1. He redeemed his watch from the pawnbroker's.
- 他从当铺赎回手表.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. She could get fifty dollars for those if she went to a pawnbroker.
- 要是她去当铺当了这些东西,她是可以筹出50块钱的.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 3. They can hardly take any steps until the good pawnbroker is safely in bed.
- 在那个好心肠的当铺老板睡安稳以前,他们是不可能采取任何行动的.
来自辞典例句
- 4. At 4.30 they're outside a pawnbroker's, looking at rings.
- 30时,他们已经在一家商铺挑选戒指了.
来自互联网
- 5. Pawnbroker: I am not here to tell you the time.
- 当铺老板: 我不是专门告诉你时间的.
来自互联网
英文词源
- pawnbroker (n.)
- 1680s, from pawn (n.1) + broker (n.).
词态变化
复数: pawnbrokers;