| 释义 |
repossess /riːpəzes/ (also repo) verb [transitive] (usually be repossessed) to take back property or goods from sb who has borrowed money to buy them but does not pay it back as agreed （因买方未如期付款而）收回（商品），重新拥有（房产等）◆the mortgage company were threatening to repossess the house. 抵押贷款公司威胁要收回房子。◆whatever assets of the firm are not repossessed will be sold. 这家公司没有被收回的所有资产都将被出售。☞ repossess re·pos·sess /ˏripə`zɛs; ˌriːpəˈzes/v [t]to take back something that someone has partly paid for, because they cannot pay the rest of the money they owe ［因购物者未能支付剩余的款项而］收回，取回［某物］ |