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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.
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He is contemplating pawning his watch.
他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
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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.
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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.
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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。
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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。
- 1. He pawned his gold watch to pay the rent.
- 他抵当了金表用以交租。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He pawned his watch for 30 yuan.
- 他的手表当了30元。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. She has redeemed her pawned jewellery.
- 她赎回了当掉的珠宝。
来自《简明英汉词典》


