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。