1. S2:What about the laws against usury during the Middle Ages? 学2:中世纪时,放禁止放高利贷是怎么回事?
2. I:What about the laws against usury during the Middle Ages?Didn't such laws made it illegal to charge interest on loans? 伊滕:中世纪时,法律禁止放高利贷是怎么回事?这些法律没有规定贷款收取利息是非法的吗?
3. The Jews were forbidden to own property. So they practised usury, the lending of money at interest. This was against Christian law. 犹太人被禁止拥有财产。所以他们从事着放贷的生意,借钱给人并收取利息。这有违天主教的法律。
英英解释
n.
1. an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
2. the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest