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

• 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

• 典当商；当铺老板
  Apawnbrokeris 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.

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• Voice over Telephone: Hello, is this the pawnbroker's?
  电话传来的声音：喂，是当铺老板吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He redeemed his ring from the pawnbroker.
  他从当铺赎回了他的戒指。
• She redeemed her ring from the pawnbroker.
  她从当铺老板那赎回了她的戒指。
• 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。
• 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%。
• 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。
• 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。