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pawned

/pawn/US // pɔn //UK // (pɔːn) //

当掉的,当了,当掉了,典当

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
    • : to pledge; stake; risk: to pawn one's life.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state of being deposited or held as security, especially with or by a pawnbroker: jewels in pawn.
    • : something given or deposited as security, as for money borrowed.
    • : a person serving as security; hostage.
    • : the act of pawning.

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Examples

  • Fou avoided becoming a pawn in cold war propaganda, but his politically charged status cannot have helped his career.

  • The stores run the gamut from publicly traded pawn companies, such as EZCorp and FirstCash, to small mom-and-pop operations.

  • Many of its responsibilities were subsequently pawned off onto the military.

  • Matt and Meredith had pawned her off on Natalie Morales and the segment had run short.

  • With Into the Wild, I pawned off that decision on the McCandless family.

  • I pawned all our jewellery, and as we had a great many valuable things, I got several thousand francs.

  • Lastly the pawner is liable for any deficiency after the sale of the thing pawned, unless released by statute.

  • But it was necessary to pay, and in order not to ask you for money, she sold her horses and her shawls, and pawned her jewels.

  • Anyway there remains the problem of who pawned the Withers emeralds and diamonds this afternoon.

  • That struck me at once, remembering that the jewels were pawned in Baltimore by a man who wore a moustache.