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The fact that he insisted on cutting Antonio one pound of flesh in the chest, does not proceed from his seeking counterattack or revenge for defending Jewish national dignity, but from the hatred of his rival in the usurious business.

他执意要割安东尼奥胸前的一磅肉，不是为捍卫犹太民族尊严所作的回击、报复，而是对高利贷生意竞争对手的痛恨。

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, promoted by the development of commodity economy, credit business appeared in the social and economic life, taking the forms like usurious loan credit, commercial credit, consumption credit and state credit.

唐宋时期，在商品经济发展的促动下，社会经济生活中发生了诸多信用业务。主要有高利贷信用、商业信用、消费信用和国家信用等形式。

China's efforts to tighten credit have starved the country's small enterprises of badly needed finance, forcing them into the clutches of black-market lenders who charge usurious rates of interest.

信贷紧缩政策使急需资金的小企业囊中羞涩，不得不投靠放高利贷的黑市贷款人。