mortgage學測 L5KK [ˈmɔrgədʒ] ｜ /ˈmɔrgədʒ/
房貸；抵押貸款·抵押；以資產擔保借款
房價高漲，房貸成社會熱議話題
David and his wife are still paying off their mortgage after ten years.
David和太太十年後仍在繼續繳房貸。
一個畫面：房子被綁住等解套
抵押房子把房子押給銀行換取貸款
按月還款每月償還本金與利息
還清解套全部還清後，房子就完全屬於自己
義項
簽約貸款C1noun房貸；抵押貸款
David went to the bank to ask for a mortgage to buy a small house.
David去銀行申請房貸，想買一間小房子。
apply for a mortgagepay off a mortgage
房產抵押B2verb抵押；以資產擔保借款
She had to mortgage her apartment to get money for her new shop.
她為了新店籌錢，不得不把公寓抵押出去。
mortgage a housemortgage an apartment
片語
take out a mortgage辦理貸款 →申請一筆房屋貸款
pay off a mortgage還清貸款 →把房貸全部還清
mortgage payment每月繳款 →每月要繳的貸款金額
你會不會這樣說？
He went to the bank to apply for a ___. (mortgage / mortgaged)
看答案
mortgage
空格後接名詞，用mortgage而非過去式mortgaged。
'She had to mortgage her apartment to get money.' 這句的 mortgage 是名詞還是動詞？
看答案
動詞
此處放在 to 後面作動作，是動詞用法，意思是「抵押」。