英['mɔːɡɪdʒ]美['mɔːrɡɪdʒ]
记忆方法
词源记忆法
在古代西方,家庭中的长子在法律上拥有继承父亲遗产的权利。如果长子需要一大笔钱,而又无法从其父亲那里获得,他往往会找其他人借款。而其他人之所以愿意借钱给他,看中的是他的长子继承权,相信他将来继承遗产后可以偿还债务。借钱的时候,借款人会立下誓言,等他父亲去世,他继承遗产后就会偿还债务及其利息。这就是英语单词mortgage的来源。mortgage由mort和gage组成,mort表示“死亡”,gage表示“誓言、保证”,所以mortgage一词的字面含义就是“死亡保证”,即以其父亲的死亡(等于遗产)为保证的贷款。
谐音记忆法
还可谐音:莫购置,莫购置抵押房。
noun(名词)verb(动词)
双解例句
noun(名词)verb(动词)
小知识
A mortgage is a loan in which the lender may use your property as payment if you don't pay back the loan. Offer your friend a mortgage for the $20 he wants…with his bike as security.
Most people obtain a mortgage when they buy a house. The bank extends the loan because of the guarantee that the house will be the bank’s to sell if the debt isn’t repaid. When you make this deal, you have mortgaged your house — the word mortgage can be used as a noun or a verb.
实用短语
常用短语
词根词缀
词根: mort
=death,表示”死”
adj.
morbid 病态的,不正常的morb=mort死+id……的→像死一样→疾病的
moribund 即将结束的,垂死的mori=mort死+bund=bound边界→死的边界
mortuary 死亡的mort死+u+ary场所→放尸体的地方
postmortem 死后的, 死后发生的post后+mort死+em→死后的→死后检查尸体
n.
mortal 凡人mort死+al人→终有一死的人→凡人
mortuary 停尸间,太平间mort死+u+ary场所→放尸体的地方
postmortem 尸体检查, 验尸post后+mort死+em→死后的→死后检查尸体
n.&v.
mortgage 抵押[借款]mort死+gage抵押品→抵押品不能动,像死的
v.
immortalize 使不灭,使不朽,使名垂千古immortal[adj.不朽的]+ize表动词→v.使不灭,使不朽,使名垂千古
mortify 使屈辱,使痛心mort死+ify使……→使人想死→羞辱[别人]