• adj. 并行的；旁系的；附屬的
• n. 抵押品；[法] 擔保品；旁系親屬

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。

來自柯林斯例句

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。

來自柯林斯例句

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.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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.

來自英漢非文學 - 行政法

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。

來自辭典例句