The hostages are being used as political pawns.人质正被用作政治卒子。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.They are the pawns in the power game played by their unseen captors.他...

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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...