新闻热词:抵押贷款 mortgage

时间:2008-09-13 16:57:12 来源:英语学习网站

据外电报道,美国抵押贷款协会(MBA)公布的数据显示,因抵押贷款利率自6月以来首度下滑,8月13日当周,经季节调整后的抵押贷款申请活动指数上升,终止了连续三周的跌势。

Rates on 30-year mortgages declined this week after posting increases for six consecutive weeks.

In its weekly survey, mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday that rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages fell to 5.80 percent, down from last week's 5.89 percent, which had been the highest level in four months.

文中的Mortgage的意思是an agreement which allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organization, esp. in order to buy a house or apartment, or the amount of money itself.也就是"抵押贷款"的意思。来看两个例句:If you fail to repay the mortgage, the bank will repossess your house.(如果你无法偿还抵押贷款,银行将收回你的房子。) 又如:They took out a £40,000 mortgage (= They borrowed £40,000) to buy the house.(他们抵押贷款了4万英镑买房子。)

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