repossessed

[US]/ˌripə'zɛs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 被重新佔有的 第二手(舊貨)的

Phrases & Collocations

vehicle repossessed

車輛被收回

repossessed home

被收回的房子

repossessed goods

被收回的貨物

Real-world Examples

Every day, 1,000 homes are repossessed.

每天有1000個家庭流離失所。

Source: America The Story of Us

His furniture is being repossessed, and his family doesn't have enough money for groceries.

他的傢俱因未能如期付款而被收回 他的家人沒有足夠的錢買雜貨。

Source: Crash Course in Drama

I mean, didn't Mike just have his truck repossessed?

麥克的卡車不是剛被收回了嗎?

Source: Desperate Housewives Video Edition Season 6

Well, somebody shut down my bank account and repossessed my car.

有人凍結了我的銀行賬戶 還收回了我的車。

Source: Homeland Season 3

Mrs. Solis, we have a warrant to enter your house and repossess any goods which we suspect may have been obtained...illegally.

Solis夫人,我們被授權進入你家並且收回任何我們認爲是非法所得的物品。

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

Even now if documents have been repossessed, shall we say by the FBI, and a government a foreign government couldn't get direct access to them.

即使現在文件已經被收回,我們應該想到的是聯邦調查局和政府,外國政府不能直接接觸到這些文件。

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Rented farms were  repossessed, and many farmers were forced to give up their homesteads and move to California,   hoping to work as day laborers.

租來的農場被收回,許多農民被迫放棄家園,搬到加州,希望成爲臨時工。

Source: Charming history

A new report from RealtyTrac finds banks are repossessing fewer homes than a year ago, and general foreclosure activity has declined for 22 consecutive months.

RealtyTrac 的一份新報告發現,銀行收回的房屋比一年前少,而且一般止贖活動已連續 22 個月下降。

Source: PBS Business Interview Series

It was a busy week for Mr Hunt, who persuaded British banks to give mortgage-holders who fall behind on their payments at least 12 months before repossessing their homes.

於亨特而言,這是忙碌的一週,他說服英國銀行在收回房屋之前,給拖欠還款的抵押人至少12個月的時間。

Source: The Economist - Weekly News Highlights

And this is a notice from your bank telling you that your car is being repossessed because you have not made a car payment in three months.

你的車被收回了,因爲你沒能在3個月之內償還購車款。

Source: Authentic American English Listening Podcast 1-800

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