柯林斯詞典instalment /?n?st??lm?nt/ (instalments) [英國英語] AM installment1. N-COUNT 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. 分期付款的一期 Upper-bracket taxpayers who elected to pay their tax increase in instalments must pay the third instalment by April 15. 選擇分期支付增稅的高額納稅人必須在4月15日之前交納第3期稅款。2. N-COUNT An instalment of a story or plan is one of its parts that are published or carried out separately one after the other. (報刊上連載故事的) 一集; 一部分 The next instalment of this four-part series deals with the impact of the war on the continent of Africa. 這部4集系列片的下一集將探討戰(zhàn)爭對非洲大陸的影響。3. N-COUNT →another word for installation 返回 instalment劍橋詞典one of several parts into which a story , plan , or amount of money owed has been divided , so that each part happens or is paid at different times until the end or total is reached （小說分期連載的）一節(jié)；（分期付款的）一期 The novel has been serialized for radio in five instalments. 這部小說已在電臺進行了5次分期播送。 We agreed to pay for the car by/in instalments. 我們同意分期付款購買小汽車。 返回 instalment