creditor

释义

credit + -or（施动者）="给出信用的人"——把钱信任地借给你、现在等着收回的一方。与 debtor（债务人）相对。

常用搭配

• 1.secured creditor有担保债权人
• 2.pay one's creditors偿付债权人

例句

• 1.

  The bankrupt company could not repay its creditors.

  这家破产公司无法偿还债权人。

• 2.

  Creditors lined up to claim what they were owed.

  债权人排队索要欠款。