搜尋結果
collateral
- IPA[kəˈladərəl]
美式
- something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default；a person having the same descent in a family as another but by a different line.
- additional but subordinate; secondary；used euphemistically to refer to inadvertent casualties among civilians and destruction in civilian areas in the course of military operations
noun: collateral, plural noun: collaterals
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default she put her house up as collateral for the bank loan
- 2. a person having the same descent in a family as another but by a different line.
形容詞
- 1. additional but subordinate; secondary the collateral meanings of a word
- ▪ euphemistic used euphemistically to refer to inadvertent casualties among civilians and destruction in civilian areas in the course of military operations munitions must be able to destroy the target without causing collateral damage collateral casualties
- 2. descended from the same stock but by a different line a collateral descendant of George Washington
- 3. situated side by side; parallel collateral veins
