mortgage['mɔ:ɡidʒ]

• n.
  • 抵押
  • 抵押单，抵押契据
  • 抵押借款，抵押贷款
  • 抵押权；(财产的)被抵押状态
  • 约束性义务
• vt.
  • 抵押：

    My father's business is failing; he's mortgaged all his assets so as to save it.

    我父亲的企业在亏损，他抵押了所有资产试图挽救它。

    He mortgaged his house in order to start a business.

    他将房子作抵押借款以开办一家商店。

  • [口语]以…作担保，把…许给，献身于：

    to mortgage one's future

    立志献身于