欠债，未付款
in debt
The company's entire assets are now in hock to the banks. 这家公司的所有资产现在都抵押给了银行。
They were fed up with being in hock to their credit card company.
I'm not going to put my family in hock in order to buy something we don't need.
They've bankrupted the country and now we're trillions of dollars in hock.
He was in hock up to his elbows and about to lose the family business.
被典当，在抵押中
Possessions that are in hock are pawned (= left temporarily with a person in exchange for an amount of money that must be paid back after a limited time to prevent the thing from being sold).
Most of her jewellery is in hock. 她的大多数珠宝都当掉了。
He is currently unable to work and has several items in hock.
She has almost no possessions left - even her Oscar is in hock.
He runs a business that takes stuff in hock for cash.
She got the money for a gold necklace, which is still in hock.
See also: hock noun (MONEY)