pawn

英 [pɔːn]

美 [pɔːn]

n.  (国际象棋的)兵，卒; 被利用的人; 走卒
v.  质押; 典当

复数：pawns　过去式：pawned　现在分词：pawning　过去分词：pawned　第三人称单数：pawns　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12547 / COCA.12632

习惯用语

n.

in pawn
• 被抵押；被典当
  if sth is in pawn , it has been pawned
• All her jewellery was in pawn.
  她把首饰全典当了。

牛津词典

noun

• （国际象棋的）兵，卒
  a chess piece of the smallest size and least value. Each player has eight pawns at the start of a game.
• 被利用的人；走卒
  a person or group whose actions are controlled by more powerful people
  1. The hostages are being used as political pawns.
     人质正被用作政治卒子。

verb

• 质押；典当
  to leave an object with a pawnbroker in exchange for money. The object is returned to the owner if he or she pays back the money within an agreed period of time. If not, it can be sold.

柯林斯词典

• VERB 典当；抵押
  If youpawnsomething 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.
  1. He is contemplating pawning his watch.
     他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
• （国际象棋中的）兵，卒
  In chess, apawnis 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 apawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage.
  1. 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. 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。

英英释义

noun

• borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
• (chess) the least powerful piece
• a person used by another to gain an end
  Synonym:instrumentcat's-paw
• an article deposited as security

verb

• leave as a guarantee in return for money
  1. pawn your grandfather's gold watch
  Synonym:soakhock

双语例句

• He is contemplating pawning his watch.
  他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
• Father made a general, his son or a pawn.
  父亲做了将军，儿子还是马前卒。
• You were a pawn in the plot.
  你是计划中的一个棋子。
• Don't you see that I'm a pawn in this, too?
  你看不出来我也只是个棋子吗？
• His television set is in pawn to pay his rent.
  他当了电视机以支付房租。
• 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。
• He had nothing left that he could pawn.
  他再也没有什么可以典当的东西了。
• I followed him from the junk yard to the pawn shop to the race track.
  我跟着他到过垃圾场，当铺，还有赛马场。
• Well, if it's too expensive, I can always pawn my watch.
  好吧，如果它很贵的话，我去当了我的手表。
• If you go, the people will deem you to be a pawn.
  若您去了，国民认为你是酒色之徒。