pawn

柯林斯词典

1. V-T 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. 典当
He is contemplating pawning his watch. 他在考虑把手表当了。
2. N an article deposited as security 抵押物
3. N-COUNT In chess, a pawn is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight pawns at the start of the game. (国际象棋中的) 卒; 兵
4. N-COUNT If you say that someone is using you as a pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage. 马前卒
It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the president. 看来似乎他在被总统用作政治卒子。