Pawn的用法

pawn¹

/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

1 pawn   

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   

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   

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。