pawn

ポーン

チェスで各プレイヤーが最初に八個持つ、通常は前に進む小さな駒。

やさしい英語で： One of the eight small pieces each player starts with in chess, which normally moves forward.

• Move your pawn forward.
• She captured two pawns with her knight.
• Can this pawn reach the other side of the board?

よく使う表現： move a pawn, white pawn, pawn structure

手先、操り人形

他人に支配され、その人の目的のために利用される人。

やさしい英語で： A person someone else controls and uses for their own purposes.

• He was only a pawn.
• The children became pawns in their parents’ argument.
• She refused to be a pawn in his political games.

使い方： a pawn in something (She felt like a pawn in their power struggle.)

類義語： puppet, tool

よく使う表現： a political pawn, pawn in something, use a pawn

質

借りたお金を返すまで、品物が貸し手に預けられている状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of being kept by a lender until borrowed money is paid back.

• Her necklace was in pawn.
• He put his watch in pawn to pay the rent.
• They could not afford to get their jewellery out of pawn.

使い方： in pawn (His watch is still in pawn.)

よく使う表現： in pawn, put in pawn

質に入れる

返済する約束でお金を借りるために、価値のある品物を貸し手に預ける。

やさしい英語で： To leave a valuable object with a lender in return for money you must pay back.

• He pawned his watch.
• I pawned my guitar to cover the rent.
• Would you pawn your jewellery to pay a bill?

使い方： pawn something for an amount (She pawned her ring for fifty pounds.)

類義語： pledge

よく使う表現： pawn a watch, pawn something for, pawn someone’s jewellery