exorbitant usury

基本解释

"Usury" means all lending money at interest, not only, as now, lending at an exorbitant rate.
“高利贷”是指一切有利息的贷款，而不象现在那样仅仅是指以过高的利率贷款。
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But the existence of exorbitant usury has some impact on the development of rural economy and the stabilization of society.
农村地区广泛存在的高利贷等现象，对经济的发展和农村社会的稳定造成一定的冲击。
Only by aiding the farmers to get rich, enhancing the service of finance in the countryside and promoting laws and rules in the countryside can the farmers resist exorbitant usury consciously.
帮助农民脱贫致富，加强农村金融服务力度，加大对农村的法律法规宣传力度，才能使农民自觉抵制高利贷。

Originally designed to target loan sharks charging exorbitant interest rates, the use of usury laws have since expanded to encompass a wider variety of transactions.
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