pawns

英 [pɔːnz]

美 [pɔːnz]

n.  (国际象棋的)兵，卒; 被利用的人; 走卒
v.  质押; 典当
pawn的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium ( New Republic)
  这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品（新共和国）
• 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。
• So we are here to serve as pawns in your political game.
  所以我们来这里就是当你政治游戏的旗子？
• We are just pawns in her ambitious plans.
  我们只不过是她野心勃勃的计划中的棋子罢了。
• More pawns of the Argent Dawn, no doubt.
  更多银黎明的爪牙，毫无疑问。
• These demands raised concerns the Chinese hostages were being deployed as political pawns in a high-stakes game.
  这些要求引发担忧，即中国人质正在一场高风险的游戏中被当作政治棋子。
• We are mere pawns in the struggle for power.
  在权力斗争中我们只是一批小卒。
• That partly reflects the presence of savvier investors but is also sectoral. The banks now seeking funds are only just shaking off their heritage as pawns of state lending and need technical expertise.
  这不仅因为投资者更加精明，而且也是由于行业的不同。中国那些正在寻求外资支持的银行，正在摆脱自己作为国家放贷工具的传统，亟需操作诀窍。
• Their capture has raised concerns that they are being used as political pawns to secure aid and a ceasefire for the troubled region, claims that have been denied by their captors.
  中国工人遭绑架一事引发了各方的担忧，人们担心他们正被当作政治棋子，用来争取援助，并促使麻烦不断的该地区实现停火，但绑架者否认了这些说法。
• The white pieces have no supporting points and they cannot defend their pawns on the k-side.
  白棋的子力没有支撑，他们无法保护王翼的兵。