搜尋結果
collateral
- IPA[kəˈlat(ə)rəl]
英式
- something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default；a person having the same ancestor as another but through a different line.
- additional but subordinate; secondary；denoting inadvertent casualties 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 ancestor as another but through a different line.
形容詞
- 1. additional but subordinate; secondary the collateral meanings of a word
- ▪ euphemistic denoting inadvertent casualties 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 Robert Burns
- 3. situated side by side; parallel collateral veins
