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Pawn Money N Count 英[Pɔ:N 美[Pɔn N.典当,抵押物;(国际象棋中的)兵,卒;<比喻>爪牙;人质;Vt.典当,抵押;以(某事物)担保;拿(生命,名誉等)作保证 Verb 典当;抵押

单词 pawn
音标
英[pɔ:n] 美[pɔn]
解释
n.典当,抵押物;(国际象棋中的)兵,卒;<比喻>爪牙;人质;vt.典当,抵押;以(某事物)担保;拿(生命,名誉等)作保证;
例句

VERB
典当;抵押
If you pawn something that you own, you leave it with a pawnbroker, who gives you money for it and who can sell it if you do not pay back the money before a certain time.
例:He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。

N-COUNT
(国际象棋中的)兵,卒
In chess, a pawn is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight pawns at the start of the game.

N-COUNT
马前卒;走卒;爪牙
If you say that someone is using you as a pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage.
例: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。
例:They are the pawns in the power game played by their unseen captors.他们是那些看不见的俘获者手中的权力斗争工具。
变形
third:pawns~done:pawned~pl:pawns~ing:pawning~past:pawned~

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