pawnbrokers

pawnbrokers

美 [ˈpɔnˌbroʊkər] 　英 [ˈpɔːnˌbrəʊkə(r)]

• na.当铺主
• 网络典当伓介商；典当商；典当仲介商

词形变化

复数：pawnbrokers  

英汉解释

na.	1. 当铺主,典当商

英英解释

n.	1. someone whose job is to lend money to people in exchange for a valuable object that they can sell if the person does not return the money. The place they work in is called a pawnshop.

例句

To exploit this demand, pawnbrokers are shedding their dingy, Dickensian image.

为了开拓市场，典当商人正在试图摆脱他们过去阴暗的狄更斯时代的形象。

Signs with three balls hang outside pawnbrokers' shops.

当外面悬挂著三个球的标记。

According to the National Pawnbrokers Association, around 88 per cent of pledged goods are redeemed.

据英国全国典当协会统计，大约88%的典当品都被赎回。

But the National Pawnbrokers Association reckons the number is between 800 and 900, and growing.

英国典当协会统计有800-900家，并呈增长趋势。

It is hard to say how many pawnbrokers there are because they are lumped with other consumer-credit firms in official statistics.

由于政府并没有把典当行跟其他消费者信用机构区分开，根本无法精确统计现有典当行的数目。

Metropolitan United Pawnbrokers Protection Society

年与城市典当行保护联合协会