Hire-purchase
n. 分期付款购买（美作：installment plan）
📖 牛津释义
hire-purchase
n [U] (Brit) (abbr 缩写 hp) (US in`stalment plan) method of purchase by which the buyer pays for an article in instalments, is allowed to use it immediately and becomes the owner of it after a certain number of instalments have been paid 分期付款购买方式
We're buying a TV on hire-purchase. 我们以分期付款方式购买一台电视机.
[attrib 作定语]
a hire-purchase agreement 分期付款购物协议.
🧩 词语组成解析
hire
['haɪɚ]
vt. 聘用;录用;雇用;租用;
vi. 受雇;得到工作;
n. 租金;酬金，工钱;[非正式用语] 被雇佣的人;销售部的两个新雇员;
🗣️ 情景例句
without studying these building plans more carefully.
在没有仔细研究这些建筑图的情况下。
He can't really mean to work against us, can he?
他不可能故意妨碍我们的，对吗？
I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived.
我决定到目的地就给铁路部门提意见。