fleece [fli:s]

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詐?。拔飫釉~,，俚語）

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(transitive verb, SLANG) To take unfair advantage of someone financially, often by demanding too high a price from them; to swindle. (NOTE: to fleece also means "to shear the wool off a sheep")

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EXAMPLE: The dishonest merchant often tried to fleece naive foreign customers who were unfamiliar with local prices.

這個不誠實的商人經(jīng)常欺騙不了解當?shù)貎r格的樸實外國顧客。

in arrears

拖欠（正式用語,，傳統(tǒng)商業(yè)表達法）

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(FORMALTraditional business) Expression describing the condition of being late in making payments on a debt; also a general term for being in debt.

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EXAMPLE: Our company never wants to be in arrears, so our debts are always paid on time before new expenditures are made or profits are taken.

我們公司永遠不想拖欠,，所以我們總是在做出新的開支或提取利潤之前先準時償還債務(wù)。