2021考研英语1575词汇解析

　　payment [ ˈpeɪmənt ]

　　n.支付,付款额;报偿，报应;工资,薪金

　　例►All credits must stipulate an expiry date for presentation of documents for pay-ment, acceptance or negotiation.

　　信用证均须规定交单付款、承兑或议付的到期日。

　　down payment 首付

　　in-stallment payment 分期付款

　　retire-ment payment养老金

　　构►pay(支付)+-ment(名词后缀)

　　peasant [ ˈpeznt ]

　　n.(常指非英语国家的)小农,佃农，农民

　　例►He was trying to plant the seed of re- volt,and arouse that placid peasant docility.

　　他想撒下反叛的种子,唤醒这个安分驯良的农民的觉悟。

　　同►farmer,ountryman, plowman

　　派►peasantry n.农民(阶级)