pawn
noun /pɔːn/
/pɔːn/
Idioms - enlarge imagea chess piece of the smallest size and least value. Each player has eight pawns at the start of a game.
（国际象棋的）兵，卒 - He had to sacrifice another pawn.
他不得不牺牲另一枚棋子。
- He had to sacrifice another pawn.
- a person or group whose actions are controlled by more powerful people
被利用的人；走卒 - The hostages are being used as political pawns.
人质正被用作政治卒子。 - The prince became a pawn in the game of power politics.
王子成了权力政治游戏中的一枚棋子。
- The hostages are being used as political pawns.
词源noun late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French poun, from medieval Latin pedo, pedon- ‘foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’. Compare with peon.
Idioms
in pawn
- if something is in pawn, it has been pawned
被抵押；被典当 - All her jewellery was in pawn.
她的首饰全典当了。
- All her jewellery was in pawn.