pawn是什么意思

1. 典当；抵押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.

e.g. He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。

2. （国际象棋中的）兵，卒In chess, a pawn is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight pawns at the start of the game.

3. 马前卒；走卒；爪牙If you say that someone is using you as a pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage.

pawn在线翻译

e.g. 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。e.g. 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。