collateral

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GRE低频词畅通词汇

复数: collaterals;

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。

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。