foreclose
v[I, Ipr, Tn]
~ (on sb/sth) (of a bank, etc that has lent money for a mortgage) take possession of the property of (sb), usu because repayments have not been made (指已放出抵押贷款的银行等)取得(某人)的财产(通常因未偿付贷款)
The bank foreclosed (on the mortgage). 该银行已取消(对该抵押品的)赎取权.
The brightest of all things, the sun, has its spots.
金无赤足,人无完人。
This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie.