pawn是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)in pawn被抵押, 被典当

(2)pawn ticket当票；抵押凭据

(3)passed pawn通路兵

(4)pawn something off把不要的人处理掉

(5)pawn someone off把不要的人处理掉

(6)queen's pawn后翼兵

(7)king's pawn王卒

(8)pawn shop典当铺；当铺；典当行

双语例句

(1)He is just a pawn used to spy on our military situation.

他不过是被用来打探我方军情的棋子。

(2)He spent huge sums of money to redeem his valuable pawn.

他花巨资赎回了属于自己的贵重抵押物。

(3)For the normal turnover of company funds, he pawned his house without hesitation.

为了公司资金的正常周转，他义无反顾地典押了自己的房子。

(4)He is contemplating pawning his watch.

他正在考虑抵押他的手表

(5)All her jewellery was in pawn.

她把首饰全典当了。

(6)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。

(7)He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn.

他无法赎回典当的家具。

(8)Are you trying to pawn me off on somebody?

你在试图把我硬塞给别人吗？

(9)The factories produce hugely subsidized rubbish they can't pawn off on anybody but the Russians.

这些工厂生产享受了巨额补贴的垃圾产品，除了兜售给俄国人外，找不到其他买主。

同义词

n. 典当；抵押物；兵，卒；人质

同根词

词根 pawn

(1)pawnbroker n. 当铺老板；典当商

释义

n.

a chess piece of the smallest size and value, that moves one square forwards along its file if unobstructed (or two on the first move), or one square diagonally forwards when making a capture. Each player begins with eight pawns on the second rank, and can promote a pawn to become any other piece (typically a queen) if it reaches the opponent's end of the board.

（国际象棋中的）卒。

a person used by others for their own purposes

被他人利用的人，马前卒，爪牙。

v.

deposit (an object) with a pawnbroker as security for money lent

典当，抵押

I pawned the necklace to cover the loan.

我当掉这条项链来抵偿这笔贷款。

n.

archaic an object left as security for money lent

〈古〉 典当物；抵押物。

短语

in pawn （of an object） held as security by a pawnbroker 当掉，押出 all our money was gone and everything was in pawn. 我们所有的钱都没了，每样东西都当掉了

短语动词

pawn someone/thing off pass off someone or something unwanted 把不要的人（或物）处理掉 newly industrialized economies are racing to pawn off old processes on poorer countries. 新兴工业化经济国家竞相把陈旧工艺流程处理给贫穷国家

词源

"late Middle English： from Anglo-Norman French poun, from medieval Latin pedo, pedon-‘foot soldier', from Latin pes, ped-‘foot'. Compare with PEON.late 15th cent. （as a noun）： from Old French pan ‘pledge, security', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pand and German Pfand."

(1)We could pawn my engagement ring if we needed to. Because I don't mind. If we needed to, I'm saying...

不行我们可以把我的订婚戒指当掉，没事我不介意，当真不行的话，我说的是。。。《The Wolf of Wall Street》《华尔街之狼》

(2)The Bings have horrible marriages. They yell. They fight. And they use the pool boy as a pawn in their sexual games.

宾夫妇的婚姻都很可怕，他们会吵架，打成一团，还会把救生员当成他们性爱游戏的玩物。《Friends Season 7》《老友记 第七季》