pawn
柯林斯词典
1. V-T 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. 典当
He is contemplating pawning his watch. 他在考虑把手表当了。
2. N an article deposited as security 抵押物
3. N-COUNT In chess, a pawn is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight pawns at the start of the game. (国际象棋中的) 卒; 兵
4. N-COUNT If you say that someone is using you as a pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage. 马前卒
It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the president. 看来似乎他在被总统用作政治卒子。
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pawn /pɔːn/ (pawning,pawned,pawns)
剑桥词典
pawn noun (GAME PIECE)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]any one of the eight least valuable pieces in the game of chess
（国际象棋中的）兵，卒
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
a person who does not have any real power but is used by others to achieve something
（无实权而被人利用的）棋子，爪牙
The refugees are pawns in an international political dispute . 这些难民成了一场国际政治争端的棋子。
pawn noun (MONEY)
in pawnleft with a pawnbroker
典当；当掉
She had to put her ring in pawn to pay the bills . 为支付帐单，她不得不当掉戒指。 返回 pawn