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

• More pawns of the Argent Dawn, no doubt.
  更多银黎明的爪牙，毫无疑问。
• They Treat People As Pawns
  他们把别人都是为自己的棋子
• They are not pay-at-all-costs types and they will not be used as pawns, he said.
  该咨询师表示：他们不是不惜代价的那种类型，他们不会被用作棋子。
• Some analysts see them as pawns in a much broader political game.
  美国之音记者阿钦从首尔报导说，分析人士把这两名美国记者看作是一场更大的政治博弈中的棋子。
• 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。
• In some cases, script kiddies are themselves pawns of organized crime or other organizations that might be looking to make financial gains or perform terrorist acts.
  在某些情况下，脚本kiddy本身就是有组织的犯罪组织的成员，或其他企图获得金钱收益或进行恐怖活动的组织的成员。
• They were just pawns in a big game.
  他们只是一盘棋里的被人利用的棋子。
• He must leave behind for pawns, his mother, wife and sons.
  他必须留下母亲、妻子和儿子们作人质。
• 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。
• 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。