in hock

基本解释

• 在典当中；负债；在坐牢

英汉例句

双语例句

• The U.S. government may be in hock, but it is increasingly to its own citizens.
  美国政府或许负债累累，但它正越来越转向本国公民举债。
• A string of failed business ventures frequently left him in hock to his creditors.
  一系列失败的商业冒险使其需要经常典当以应对债主。
• Too many journalists now find themselves in hock to the charities that fly them around free.
  现在许多记者发现自己欠着慈善团体的情——享受着他们的资助免费在各地旅行。

权威例句

• Too many journalists now find themselves in hock to the charities that fly them around free.
  ECONOMIST: What's wrong with emergency assistance?
• The Democrats, reluctant to seem in hock to big business, have largely banished corporate sponsors.
  ECONOMIST: Lexington
• Some of the opposition groups are genuine, but others are in hock to the EPRDF.
  ECONOMIST: Anxious Ethiopia

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词组短语

短语

• held in hock 由于给关押起来
• In hock for the future 赌明天

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