repossessed

英 [ˌriːpəˈzest]

美 [ˌriːpəˈzest]

v.  (因买者未如期付款而)收回(商品)，重新拥有(房地产等)
repossess的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：repossessed　

BNC.37375

柯林斯词典

• VERB (因未付清全款而)收回，重新占有
  If your car or houseis repossessed, the people who supplied it take it back because they are still owed money for it.
  1. His car was repossessed by the company...
     他的汽车因为欠款被公司收回。
  2. The firm's sales of repossessed properties is up by 40 per cent.
     这家公司收回房产的销售额上升了40%。

双语例句

• In "The Grapes of Wrath", when Tom Joad's farm in Oklahoma was repossessed he packed up his family in a sputtering truck and set off for California.
  《怒火之花》中，俄克拉荷马的农场被收回后，汤姆。乔德就携上家人，坐上颠簸的卡车，动身前往加利福尼亚。
• When I failed to make my mortgage repayments the building society repossessed my house.
  我不能付清抵押贷款时，建屋互助会收回了我的房子。
• They've even had their new house repossessed.
  他们甚至连新房子都被收回了。
• The firm's sales of repossessed properties is up by 40 per cent.
  这家公司收回房产的销售额上升了40%。
• They were in arrears with their mortgage, so their home was repossessed.
  他们未按时还按揭贷款，所以房子被收回了。
• His car was repossessed because of default of monthly installment.
  因为拖欠按月应付的分期付款，他的汽车被收回了。
• The hire purchase company repossessed my car because I fell astern with the payments.
  这家分期付款购买公司取回了我的汽车，因为我没能及时付款。
• It could have been worse: Spanish banks have repossessed huge amounts of land that had not yet been built on, and residential-mortgage standards are rather conservative.
  情况本来可能更坏，好在西班牙银行业已经收回了大量尚未动工建房的土地，且还过住宅按揭的标准也颇为保守。
• Bill has paid the last installment on his washing machine, so now he's out of debt, our of danger and doesn't have to worry about having it repossessed.
  比尔已付清了洗衣机的最后一笔款，现在他可是无债一身轻，不必担心再失去它。
• ( Many states require court approval before a home can be repossessed by a bank.)
  （很多州要求银行在收回房产之前须得到法庭许可。）