天下潮词--Credit card slave

       继“房奴”、“孩奴”之后，“卡奴”也成了一种普遍的社会现象。“卡奴”以年轻人居多， 他们或者崇尚超前消费，或者缺乏理财能力，不知不觉就成为了“卡奴”。\

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    She said the call to her office was particularly bad -- when the debt collectors were told she was not there, they threatened to visit her at work in person. Her husband is the reason for the harassment. He is a credit card slave who owes money on eight bank cards.

       从上面的报道中，我们可以知道credit card slave就是“信用卡奴”，“卡奴”就是card slave了。卡奴是指一个人使用大量的现金卡、信用卡，但负担不足缴款金额或是以卡养卡、以债养账等方式，一直在还利息的人。Mortgage slave（房奴）和child’s slave（孩奴）还可以苦中作乐，从中得到一些幸福感，但是一旦成为card slave, 则会影响到一个人生活的安定。

       如今获取信用卡越来越容易， credit card holders（信用卡持有者）的数量也大大增加，随之而来的是defaults on payment（拖欠还款）现象和non-performing credit card debts（信用卡不良债务）的增多。