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
I admire you for sticking to your plans.
我佩服你能坚持你的计划。
It's faster to go by plane than by boat.
和坐船比，坐飞机是更快的。
Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves,
她第一个条件反射是各个房间搜寻一下窃贼，