mortgage
noun
verb
ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ
noun
1
a
legal
arrangement
by
which
you
borrow
money
from
a
bank
or
similar
organization
in
order
to
buy
a
house,
and
pay
back
the
money
over
a
period
of
years
抵押贷款，按揭
Your
building
society
or
bank
will
help
arrange
a
mortgage.
你的购房互助会或银行将会帮你安排抵押贷款。
They’ve
taken
out
a
30
year
mortgage
(=they
will
pay
for
their
house
over
a
period
of
30
years)
.
他们办理了一笔 30 年期的抵押贷款。
We
decided
to
use
Fred’s
redundancy
money
to
pay
off
the
mortgage
(=pay
back
all
the
money
we
borrowed
for
a
mortgage)
.
我们决定用弗雷德的遣散费来偿清抵押贷款。
Mortgage
rates
are
set
to
rise
again
in
the
spring.
抵押贷款利率到春天肯定还要上升。
She
was
having
trouble
meeting
her
mortgage
payments
.
她还抵押贷款有困难。
2
the
amount
of
money
you
borrow
in
the
form
of
a
mortgage
抵押贷款额
If
you
earn
£20,000
per
year,
then
you
may
be
able
to
get
a
mortgage
of
£60,000.
如果你每年挣 20,000 英镑，你就有可能贷到 60,000 英镑的抵押贷款。
verb
3
if
you
mortgage
your
home,
land,
or
property,
you
borrow
money,
usually
from
a
bank,
and
if
you
cannot
pay
back
the
money
within
a
particular
period
of
time,
the
bank
has
the
right
to
sell
your
property
in
order
to
get
the
money
you
owe
it
抵押
We
mortgaged
our
house
to
start
Paul’s
business.
我们把房子抵押出去来创办保罗的公司。
4
mortgage the/sb’s future
to
borrow
money
or
do
something
that
is
likely
to
cause
problems
in
the
future,
that
other
people
will
have
to
deal
with
以将来/某人的前途作代价 （赌注 ）
The
report
explains
how
governments
are
mortgaging
their
nations’
futures.
报告说明各国政府如何把国家的前途拿去作赌注。