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Pawn的用法

时间:2005-08-10 16:00:00

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/po:n/ v. & n.


1. Something given as security for a loan; a pledge or guaranty. 抵押品,典当物当作借贷保证的事物;保证物或抵押物


2. The condition of being held as a pledge against the payment of a loan: 抵押当作偿付贷款的保证的条件: jewels in pawn. 典押的珠宝


3. A person serving as security; a hostage. 人质作为保证的人;人质


4. The act of pawning2. 抵押的事例


5. To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of money borrowed. 典当给予或寄存(个人财产)作为偿还借款的保证


6. To risk; hazard: 冒险;赌: pawn one's honor. 以名誉作赌注


7. A chess piece of lowest value that may move forward one square at a time or two squares in the first move, capture other pieces only on a one-space diagonal forward move, and be promoted to any piece other than a king upon reaching the eighth rank. 兵,小卒价值最小的棋子,一次可向前移一方格或在第一步可移两格,只能吃对方靠对角线前方的一个子,当到达第八级时可升为除王以外的任何一棋子


8. A person or an entity3 used to further the purposes of another: 被人利用者,爪牙为别人的目的而被利用的人或实体: an underdeveloped nation that was a pawn in international politics. 在国际政治中被人利用的不发达国家


相关短语:


1. be in pawn 做了抵押品,已当掉


2. pawn sth. off as 把某物冒充为……抵押出去


3. pawn ticket 当票


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1 pawn 8ixyq     
n.典当,抵押,小人物,走卒;v.典当,抵押
参考例句:
  • He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
  • It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President.看起来他似乎被总统当作了政治卒子。
2 pawning c1026bc3991f1f6ec192e47d222566e5     
v.典当,抵押( pawn的现在分词 );以(某事物)担保
参考例句:
  • He is contemplating pawning his watch. 他正在考虑抵押他的手表。 来自辞典例句
  • My clothes were excellent, and I had jewellery; but I never even thought of pawning them. 我的衣服是很讲究的,我有珠宝;但是我从没想到要把它们当掉。 来自辞典例句
3 entity vo8xl     
n.实体,独立存在体,实际存在物
参考例句:
  • The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
  • As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体,公司必须纳税。