collateral

英 [k?'l?t(?)r(?)l] 美[k?'l?t?r?l]

GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

復數:?collaterals;

collateral 抵押物

col-, 強調。-later, 邊，詞源同lateral. 即放在旁邊作為抵押物品的。

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).

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。

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。

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.

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的自由裁量權.

5. Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.: 很多人把個人財產用作小額商業貸款的抵押品。