pawn

piyon

Satrançta her oyuncunun başlangıçta sekiz tane sahip olduğu ve genellikle ileri hareket eden küçük taş.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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?

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: move a pawn, white pawn, pawn structure

piyon, maşa

Başkasının kontrol edip kendi amaçları için kullandığı kişi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Nasıl kullanılır: a pawn in something (She felt like a pawn in their power struggle.)

Eş anlamlılar: puppet, tool

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a political pawn, pawn in something, use a pawn

rehin

Bir eşyanın, alınan borç geri ödenene kadar borç verende tutulması durumu.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Nasıl kullanılır: in pawn (His watch is still in pawn.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: in pawn, put in pawn

rehin vermek

Geri ödenmesi gereken para karşılığında değerli bir eşyayı borç veren kişiye bırakmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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?

Nasıl kullanılır: pawn something for an amount (She pawned her ring for fifty pounds.)

Eş anlamlılar: pledge

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: pawn a watch, pawn something for, pawn someone’s jewellery