installment
英 [ɪn'stɔ:lmənt]
美 [ɪn'stɔlmənt]
中文词源
installment 分期付款的一期来自install,安装，设置。用于经济学术语分期付款。
英文词源
- installment (n.)
- "act of installing," 1580s, from install + -ment. Meaning "arrangement of payment by fixed portions at fixed times" is from 1732, alteration of Anglo-French estaler "fix payments," from Old French estal "fixed position, place," from a Germanic source akin to Old High German stal "standing place" (see stall (n.1)). Figurative sense of "part of a whole produced in advance of the rest" is from 1823.
双语例句
- 1. His car was repossessed because of default of monthly installment.
- 因为拖欠按月应付的分期付款,他的汽车被收回了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.
- 不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Factoring in connection with automobile installment accounts is a big business today.
- 代管汽车分期付款的到期帐目是当今一桩巨大的业务.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Did you hear the final installment last week?
- 上星期你有没有听最后一集?
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Offering only one loan, usually an installment loan, is part of the plan.
- 计划的一部分是只提供一笔贷款，通常是分期付款贷款。
来自柯林斯例句