pawn
美音:
[pɔn
]英音:
[pɔn
]n.典当,抵押物,人质,(象棋)兵、卒,爪牙,被人利用的人 vt.当掉,以...担保
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动词过去式:pawned 过去分词:pawned 现在分词:pawning 第三人称单数:pawns 名词:pawnage 形容词:pawnable
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pawn
/pɔ:n; pɔn/
n
1 one of the eight chess-men of the smallest size and value (国际象棋中的)卒. =>illus at chess 见 chess 插图.
2 (fig 比喻) person or group whose actions are controlled by others 被人利用的人
*We are mere pawns in the struggle for power. 在权力斗争中我们只是一批小卒.
/pɔ:n; pɔn/
v [Tn]
1 leave (an object) with a pawnbroker in exchange for money that can be repaid in order to get the object back 典当, 抵押(某物)
*He pawned his gold watch to pay the rent. 他典当了金表用以交租.
2 (fig比喻) abandon (sth) in order to gain sth 以(某事物)担保
*pawn one's honour 以个人名誉担保.
n (idm 习语) in pawn in a state of being pawned 在抵押中; 已典当
*My watch is in pawn. 我把表当了.
1. Are you going to pawn it? 你要当了它吗?
2. She had no way to redeem her furniture out of pawn. 她无法赎回她当掉的家具。
3. "I´m sure I don´t know — there´s nothing left to pawn except my black coat and vest." “我实在没有办法。除了我的黑外套和背心,也就没有什么好当的了。”
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