repossession

noun

1. （财产、商品等的）收回
   the act of repossessing property, goods, etc.
   1. families threatened with repossession
      受到房子将被收回威胁的家庭
   2. a repossession order
      物品收回令
2. 被收回的房子（或汽车等）
   a house, car, etc. that has been repossessed
   1. Auctions are the best place for buying repossessions.
      拍卖会是购买被收回商品的最佳地方。

1. N-VAR 收回;重新占有
   The repossession of someone's house is the act of repossessing it.
   1. ...the problem of home repossessions.
      收回住房的问题
   2. ...families facing repossession of their homes.
      面临住房被收回的家庭
2. N-COUNT 被收回之物
   You can refer to a house or car that has been repossessed as a repossession .
   1. Many of the cars you will see at auction are repossessions.
      你将在拍卖会上见到的许多车辆都是被收回物品。

1. Many of the cars you will see at auction are repossessions.
   你将在拍卖会上见到的许多车辆都是被收回物品。
2. Tying the process of repossession in yet more knots will make it harder for the market to clear and for house prices to find a floor.
   将收回过程变得让人迷惑不解将会使得市场变得愈发不明朗和使得房价无法探底。
3. The lender has a remedy either in court or through repossession of the car.
   贷方有诉诸法庭或重新占有汽车两种救济方法。
4. The four hardest hit states ( Nevada, Florida, California and Arizona) still account for over half of repossession actions, but the data provider's heat map of the country is turning ever more pink.
   在收回房屋所有权的行动中，4个受影响最大的州（内华达、佛罗里达、加利福尼亚和亚利桑纳）仍占到了一半以上，但这家数据供应商描绘的美国热图，颜色正变得越来越深。
5. Otherwise, organizational overlapping, overstaffing, bureaucratism, sluggishness, endless disputes over trifles and the repossession of powers devolved to lower levels will retard economic restructuring and economic growth.
   不然的话，机构庞大，人浮于事，官僚主义，拖拖拉拉，互相扯皮，你这边往下放权，他那边往上收权，必然会阻碍经济体制改革，拖经济发展的后腿。
6. Unless repossession forces a sale, homeowners prefer to sit tight when markets are weak.
   除非回收房强制销售，不然房主在房市低迷时更愿保持观望状态。

noun

1. the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)