If you pay for something in instalments, you pay small sums of money at regular intervals over a period of time, rather than paying the whole amount at once.
例句
The first instalment of ￡1 per share is payable on application.每股1英鎊的首期付款應(yīng)在申請(qǐng)時(shí)交付。...the first month's interest instalment on the loan.貸款第一個(gè)月的利息還款
N-COUNT
(故事、計(jì)劃等的)部分;(分期出版的)分冊(cè)
An instalment of a story or plan is one of its parts that are published or carried out separately one after the other.
例句
...the disappointing third instalment of the Highlander series.“挑戰(zhàn)者”系列令人失望的第三部
英漢詞典釋義
n.
一部分; 一集
Did you hear the final instalment last week?上星期你有沒(méi)有聽(tīng)最后一集?
每一期攤付的款項(xiàng), 分期付款
I shall soon pay the last instalment of my debt.不久我將償付我的最后一期債款。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a part of a broadcast serial
2. a part of a published serial
3. the act of installing something (as equipment);
"the telephone installation took only a few minutes"