| 释义 |
col·lat·er·al
I. \kəˈlad.ərəl, -latərəl, -la.trəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle French, from Medieval Latin collateralis, from Latin com- + lateralis lateral
1.
a. : accompanying as a secondary fact, activity, or agency but usually extrinsic to a main consideration : similar but subordinate : concomitant, subsidiary
< wrong on the main question and on all the collateral questions springing out of it — T.B.Macaulay >
< digress into collateral matters >
b. : indirect
< no direct objection, but several collateral ones >
c. : serving to support or reinforce : ancillary
< sometimes literature will provide the historian of art with a pretty piece of collateral evidence — Clive Bell >
2. : belonging to the same ancestral stock but not in a direct line of descent
< brothers, cousins, uncles, and nephews are collateral kinsmen >
— distinguished from lineal; compare consanguinity
3. : placed or regarded as side by side : parallel, coordinate, or corresponding in position, order, time, or significance
< collateral mountain ranges >
< collateral states like Athens and Sparta >
4.
a. : being or belonging to an obligation or security attached to another to secure its performance
< a collateral assurance to a deed >
< collateral funds >
b. : secured or guaranteed by additional security, especially by personal as opposed to real property
< a collateral loan secured by stocks and bonds deposited with the lender >
< a collateral loan from a finance company on one's promissory note >
5. botany, of a vascular bundle : having phloem only external to the xylem — compare bicollateral
II. noun
(-s)
1. : one that is collateral: as
a. : a collateral relative
< a greedy collateral who inherited the estate — J.G.Lockhart >
b. : collateral subject
2. : something used as collateral security
3.
a. : a branch especially of a blood vessel, nerve, or the axon of a nerve cell
b. : a bodily part that is lateral in position (as a ligament)
4. chiefly New England
a. : a miscellaneous clutter of personal belongings
< got your collateral packed >
b. : odds and ends of trash : rubbish
< a woodshed full of collateral > |