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
Thank you, sir.
谢谢。
But Li Ming has promised to come home for the summer vacations.
但是李明已经答应暑假回家。
I don't know what you're talking about.
我不知道您在说些什么。