pawns
n.
（国际象棋中的）兵( pawn的名词复数 );
卒;
被人利用的人;
小卒;
v.
典当，抵押( pawn的第三人称单数 );
以（某事物）担保;
例句:
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The hostages are being used as political pawns.
人质正被用作政治卒子。
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The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium.
这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品.
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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。
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Some also see the diehard fans being used as pawns.
来自VOA
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Inexcusable to use these refugees as political pawns.
来自B. Castle
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Would you argue that today's leading cosmologists are merely brainwashed ideological pawns?
来自SA