instalment

英 [ɪnˈstɔːlmənt]

美 [ɪnˈstɔːlmənt]

n.  (分期付款的)一期付款; (报章连载小说的)一节; (电视连续剧的)一集

复数：instalments　

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.8067

牛津词典

noun

• （分期付款的）一期付款
  one of a number of payments that are made regularly over a period of time until sth has been paid for
  1. We paid for the car by/in instalments .
     我们以分期付款买了这辆车。
  2. The final instalment on the loan is due next week.
     贷款的最后一期付款下个星期到期。
  3. They were unable to keep up (= continue to pay regularly) the instalments.
     他们未能继续按时交付这笔分期付款。
• （报章连载小说的）一节；（电视连续剧的）一集
  one of the parts of a story that appears regularly over a period of time in a newspaper, on television, etc.

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 installment


• N-COUNT (分期付款的)一期付款
  If you pay for something ininstalments, you pay small sums of money at regular intervals over a period of time, rather than paying the whole amount at once.
  1. The first instalment of £1 per share is payable on application.
     每股1英镑的首期付款应在申请时交付。
  2. ...the first month's interest instalment on the loan.
     贷款第一个月的利息还款
• N-COUNT (故事、计划等的)部分;(分期出版的)分册
  Aninstalmentof a story or plan is one of its parts that are published or carried out separately one after the other.
  1. ...the disappointing third instalment of the Highlander series.
     “挑战者”系列令人失望的第三部

英英释义

noun

• the act of installing something (as equipment)
  1. the telephone installation took only a few minutes
  Synonym:installationinstallinginstallment
• a part of a published serial
  Synonym:installment
• a part of a broadcast serial
  Synonym:episodeinstallment

双语例句

• The film, at least in the first instalment, glosses over such ambivalence.
  至少在第一部中，影片掩盖了这种矛盾心理。
• It's no less than you deserve yet it's just the first instalment of a significant reward.
  这正是你应得的，而且它只是一个显著酬赏的开始。
• Do you want to hear the latest instalment of my love life?
  你想听听我最近爱情生活的精彩片段吗？
• When will you pay the last instalment of the loan?
  你什么时候付清最后一期分期贷款？
• He pays off his creditor in twelve instalment.
  他分12次付还了债主的钱。
• We have adopt, for example, payment by instalment, compensation trade and so on.
  例如，我们已经采用了分期付款、补偿贸易等等。
• Liquidated by payments liquidated by deliveries He will pay back the money in monthly instalment.
  他将按月分期付款的方式偿还。
• Provisional tax instalment system unfulfilled programme commitments
  暂缴税分期缴付制度未支付的方案承付款项
• I paid for the house by divided payments ( instalment).
  我用分期付款买了这座房子。
• The first instalment of £ 1 per share is payable on application.
  每股1英镑的首期付款应在申请时交付。