最近提前还房贷的人挺多,C姐的妈也是其中一员。还在攒首付的C姐听着亲妈口若悬河的向C姐一笔笔解释能省下多少money,转头又听到亲爸开始长吁短叹家里存款余额危机,想买点什么都不自由急需支援,实觉想攒点钱的太不容易了。你现在有了自己的小房子吗?还是像C姐一样在攒首付?今天,我们来看看“首付”用英语该怎么说吧。“(分期付款的)首付款”的正确英语表达是 down payment,付首付可以用 put 或 make 来表示。注意,down payment 是个可数名词。I made/put a down payment on a new smart TV.我已经交了新智能电视机的首付货款。说完了“首付款”,我们再来看一个与它意思很类似的单词:deposit 可以表示“预付款,定金”,这是一个B1水平词汇。The shop assistant says if I leave £10 as a deposit, they'll keep the dress for me.店员说如果我交10英镑定金,他们就会把那件裙子给我留着。They asked us to put down a deposit.除此之外,deposit 还可以指“(尤指银行账户的)存款”和“押金”,考BEC高级的同学还需要记住这两个含义。To open an account, you need to make a minimum deposit of $500.It costs $2,000 a week to rent the yacht, with a $200 refundable/returnable deposit.游艇的租金为每星期2000英镑,外加200英镑的可退还押金。每月还贷都是一笔不小的费用,既然每个月都要和它们打交道,那你知道用英语怎么说吗?
loan 是B1水平词汇,意思是“贷款,借款”,get 和 apply for 和 take out 都可以用来表示申请贷款中的“申请”。
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She's trying to get a $50,000 loan to start her own business.为了开办自己的公司,她正在争取一笔5万美元的贷款。We could apply for/take out a loan to buy a car.loan 这个单词还有“借入;借出”的含义,考高级的同学需要记住,比如:
This exhibit is on loan from/to another museum.
这件展品是从另一家博物馆借来的/出借给了另一家博物馆。
例句中的 on loan = being borrowed/lent
还有一个专门的表达可以表示“按揭,抵押贷款”,特别是购房的贷款:mortgage,所以 a monthly mortgage payment 就是“每月偿付的抵押贷款”。
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They took out a £40o,000 mortgage (= they borrowed £40o,000) to buy the house.说到贷款,就不得不提到 credit,我们比较熟悉的是 credit card 信用卡,不过 credit 还有“赊购,赊账,信用贷款”,即强调延迟付款的时间,先购物、后付款(经常会有利息),以及“账面余额,贷方余额”这两个意思也需要记住。The shop was offering six months' credit on electronic goods.
这家店提供6个月期限的电器赊购服务。
I was relieved to see from my statement that my account was in credit.
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