lock-in
lock-in — 名詞
1. a set period when you must keep your money in a particular investment or mortgag
綁約期
資金被鎖在合約中不得提前解約的期間
a set period when you must keep your money in a particular investment or mortgage deal, and cannot withdraw or switch without paying a penalty.
Nadia chose the savings bond despite its three-year lock-in.
Nadia 選擇了那檔儲蓄債券，儘管它有三年的綁約期。
noun used with a duration modifier
The mortgage offers a low rate, but it carries a five-year lock-in.
這個房貸利率很低，但綁約期長達五年。
lock-in tied to a financial deal
Kabir wanted to move his pension fund, but the lock-in stopped him.
Kabir 想把退休金轉到別處，但綁約期讓他動彈不得。
The Barclays ISA paid 4 percent but came with a four-year lock-in.
Barclays 那檔 ISA 利率有 4%，但綁約期長達四年。
Christopher's financial adviser warned him about the seven-year lock-in clause.
Christopher 的理財顧問特別提醒他注意那條長達七年的綁約條款。
- lock-in period
the same idea spelled out more fully
- tie-in period
common UK mortgage term, near-identical meaning
- flexible term
an arrangement you can exit at any time
文法句型
a lock-in of [duration]
lock-in period
用法筆記
Subject is usually a contract, account, or investment product, not a person. Often appears as 'lock-in period' or 'lock-in of [N years]'.
常見錯誤
2. a night when a British pub closes its doors but lets the customers inside keep d
打烊續飲
酒吧打烊後鎖門讓客人繼續喝的晚場
a night when a British pub closes its doors but lets the customers inside keep drinking past the legal closing time.
The landlord nodded, and the regulars knew there would be a lock-in tonight.
老闆點了點頭，常客便知道今晚會有打烊續飲。
informal British register
Yuki stayed for the lock-in after the Arsenal match ended at eleven.
Yuki 在十一點 Arsenal 的比賽結束後留下來參加打烊續飲。
The old pub on the corner was famous for its Friday-night lock-ins.
街角那家老酒吧以週五夜的打烊續飲聞名。
Quinn poured another pint and locked the front door for the lock-in.
Quinn 又倒了一杯啤酒，並把前門鎖上以便打烊續飲。
Police raided the pub during a lock-in last Saturday.
上週六警察突擊臨檢了那家酒吧的打烊續飲。
- after-hours session
more neutral, less specifically British
文法句型
have a lock-in
stay for a lock-in
用法筆記
Subject is the pub or a customer inside it. Distinguish from sense 1: this lock-in is a single evening event, while sense 1 is a long contractual period.
常見錯誤
lock-in — 片語動詞
- lock-inbase form
- lock-ins3rd person singular
- lock-ining-ing form
- lock-inedpast simple
1. to stop a person from leaving a room or building by turning the key in the door
鎖在裡面
把人或動物鎖在房間或建築物裡出不來
to stop a person from leaving a room or building by turning the key in the door so they cannot get out.
Tamar accidentally locked the cat in the bedroom for the whole afternoon.
Tamar 不小心把貓鎖在臥室裡關了一整個下午。
separable: locked the cat in
Ramón forgot the children were upstairs and locked them in by mistake.
Ramón 忘了孩子們還在樓上，把他們不小心鎖在裡面了。
object pronoun between verb and particle
Harper locked the two puppies in the kitchen while the guests arrived.
Harper 在客人陸續到場時，把兩隻小狗鎖在廚房裡。
Anya found a note from her brother saying he had been locked in the shed.
Anya 發現弟弟留的字條，說他被鎖在棚屋裡。
- shut in
less forceful; does not necessarily require a key
- let out
to release someone from a locked space
文法句型
lock somebody in
lock somebody in something
用法筆記
Object goes between 'lock' and 'in' when it is a pronoun ('locked them in'), and may go in either position with a full noun phrase ('locked the dog in' or 'locked in the dog'). Often used in passive form.