noun🔗Share抵押品，担保物 A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay."To get a bank loan for her new bakery, Maria offered her car and house as collaterals. "为了获得银行贷款开设新面包店，玛丽亚用她的汽车和房子作为抵押品。businessfinanceasseteconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share旁系亲属， 支系亲属。 (genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.""While I don't know my direct ancestors beyond my grandparents, I've recently started researching my collaterals, like my great-aunt's descendants." "虽然我对爷爷奶奶往上的直系祖先不太了解，但我最近开始研究我的旁系亲属，比如我姑奶奶的后代。familyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share侧支，旁支 A branch of a bodily part or system of organs."Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals."除了动脉之外，血液还会流经我们称之为“侧支”或“旁支”的众多静脉。anatomyphysiologymedicinebodyorganpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share宣传品， 辅助宣传材料. Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material)."The marketing team created brochures and posters as collaterals to promote the new software. "市场团队制作了宣传册和海报作为辅助宣传材料来推广这款新软件。mediabusinesscommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share侧支血管，旁支血管 A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded."After the surgery to remove the blockage in his main artery, the doctor explained that collaterals had already begun to develop, providing alternate pathways for blood flow around the affected area. "在清除他主要动脉血管堵塞的手术后，医生解释说侧支血管已经开始形成，为血液流动提供了绕过受影响区域的替代通路。anatomyphysiologymedicinebiologyorganChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share竞争者，对手。 A contemporary or rival."In the office, Sarah viewed John and Emily as her collaterals, as they were all vying for the same promotion. "在办公室里，莎拉把约翰和艾米丽看作是她的竞争者，因为他们都在争夺同一个升职机会。personbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
