collateral

GRE低频词畅通词汇

英 [kə'læt(ə)r(ə)l] 美[kə'lætərəl]

释义

adj. 并行的；旁系的；附属的

n. 抵押品；[法] 担保品；旁系亲属

词态变化

复数: collaterals;

近义词

中文词源

collateral 抵押物

col-, 强调。-later, 边，词源同lateral. 即放在旁边作为抵押物品的。

英文词源

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).

双语例句

1. Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.: 由于拿不出东西作为抵押，这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。

2. To minimize collateral damage maximum precision in bombing was required.: 为了尽量减低附带性破坏，轰炸须做到最大程度的精确。

3. I would rather loan a million dollars on character than on any other collateral in the world.: 我若借出100万元,宁愿让别人用人格,而不是别的抵押品作担保.

4. Res judicata and collateral estoppel may also limit an agency's discretion.: 已决事件和间接禁止翻供的事实恐怕也限制机关的自由裁量权.

5. Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.: 很多人把个人财产用作小额商业贷款的抵押品。

英英释意

实用场景例句

Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.: 由于拿不出东西作为抵押，这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。

To minimize collateral damage maximum precision in bombing was required.: 为了尽量减低附带性破坏，轰炸须做到最大程度的精确。

I would rather loan a million dollars on character than on any other collateral in the world.: 我若借出100万元,宁愿让别人用人格,而不是别的抵押品作担保.

Res judicata and collateral estoppel may also limit an agency's discretion.: 已决事件和间接禁止翻供的事实恐怕也限制机关的自由裁量权.

Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.: 很多人把个人财产用作小额商业贷款的抵押品。

The bank will insist on collateral for a loan of that size.: 银行对这样的大笔贷款一定要有抵押物.

The owner of the shop used his house as a collateral for the loan.: 店主用房子作贷款的担保.

考试真题

But too often collateral ( ' , 附随的 ) consequences bear no relation to public safety.

But too often collateral (附随的) consequences bear no relation to public safety.

Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmospheric greenhouse gases without regard to the collateral ( ' , 附带的) costs.

Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmo