1·Are consumers too deep in hock? A lot of observers think so.
消费者是否负债累累?许多观察家都这么认为。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·It is almost impossible for the prime minister to stand above the factions. He always seems in hock to one or another.
该首相要超脱于各派几乎是不可能的。他好像总是欠某一派似的。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Jim: I know, and now I'm in hock.
吉姆:我知道,我现在可是债务缠身了。
4·To get dough I'll put my watch in hock.
为了搞到钱去我要把表当掉。
5·His coat for the coming winter was in hock.
他冬天穿的大衣已经当掉了。
6·The company was heavily in hock to the banks.
这家公司欠了银行大笔借款。
7·It was spring, and our padded clothes had just been placed in hock.
这是个春天,我们的棉衣都刚脱下来就人了当铺。
8·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。
9·We're in hock to the Chinese up to our eyeballs because of the war in Iraq, for one thing.
有一件事可以肯定的是,由于在伊拉克打仗,我们已经把身上几乎所有的东西都典当给了中国。
10·This should be the best of times for America's debt collectors, since never has a society been so in hock.
现在应该是对美国债务催收公司最有利的时候,因为从来没有哪个时期有这么多公司大量欠债。