usurious / yuˈʒʊər i əs /

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usurious 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. practicing usury; charging illegal or exorbitant rates of interest for the use of money: a usurious moneylender.
  2. constituting or characterized by usury: usurious rates of interest; a usurious loan.

usurious 近义词

usurious

等同于 grasping

更多usurious例句

  1. Merkley, as it happens, is from Delaware, where the banks holding this usurious debt are located.
  2. When it came to Haiti, France was first a brutal colonizer, and then a usurious bully.
  3. The young girl's father entrusted M. Cruchot with his usurious dealings and probably with all his money matters.
  4. In the later middle ages, especially in Germany, it acquired the sense of usurious or oppressive dealing with money and capital.
  5. The Jews were wealthy, and did no small harm by their usurious practices.
  6. This was charged up against him to be paid for later at usurious interest.
  7. Our post-office orders are issued at usurious rates, and within limited hours.