collateral
英 [k?'l?t(?)r(?)l]
美[k?'l?t?r?l]
- adj. 并行的；旁系的；附屬的
- n. 抵押品；[法] 擔保品；旁系親屬
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?collaterals;
中文詞源
collateral 抵押物
col-, 強調(diào)。-later, 邊，詞源同lateral. 即放在旁邊作為抵押物品的。
英文詞源
- collateral (adj.)
- late 14c., "accompanying," also "descended from the same stock," from Old French collateral (13c.), from Medieval Latin collateralis "accompanying," literally "side by side," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + lateralis "of the side," from latus "a side" (see oblate (n.)). Literal sense of "parallel, along the side of" attested in English from mid-15c. Related: Collaterally.
- collateral (n.)
- 16c., "colleague, associate," from collateral (adj.). Meaning "thing given as security" is from 1832, American English, from phrase collateral security (1720).
雙語例句
- 1. Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.
- 由于拿不出東西作為抵押，這里大部分人無法從銀行貸款。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. To minimize collateral damage maximum precision in bombing was required.
- 為了盡量減低附帶性破壞，轟炸須做到最大程度的精確。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I would rather loan a million dollars on character than on any other collateral in the world.
- 我若借出100萬元,寧愿讓別人用人格,而不是別的抵押品作擔保.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Res judicata and collateral estoppel may also limit an agency's discretion.
- 已決事件和間接禁止翻供的事實恐怕也限制機關(guān)的自由裁量權(quán).
來自英漢非文學 - 行政法
- 5. Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.
- 很多人把個人財產(chǎn)用作小額商業(yè)貸款的抵押品。
來自辭典例句