词汇 | hedge |
释义 | hedge /hєdʒ/ n. A fence of bushes or shrubs. 灌木树篱。 A barrier. 界限;障碍。 Offsetting action to prevent total loss, as in a wager, argument, or investment. 【商】为避免全部的损失而采取抵偿做法(如在赌博、辩论、投资之时)。 phrases come down on the wrong side of the hedge 判断错误;选择错误的行径。 look as if one has dragged through a hedge backwards 【口】(尤因做了许多吃力的工作或熬夜)看起来非常邋遢或非常疲累。 not grow on every hedge 稀少的;不常有的;不多的。 on the hedge 采取骑墙的态度;观望行势。 take a sheet off a hedge 公然盗窃。 (过去式: hedged; 过去完成式: hedged; 现在进行式: hedging) v.t. To enclose with a border of bushes or shrubs. 以篱围之。 All the people in our block hedged their front yards with bushes. 我们这一条街的人家都用灌木围住他们的前院。 To hinder; obstruct. 阻止;阻碍。 To hem in; encircle. 围住;圈住。 v.i. To plant, form, or trim a hedge. 围篱;修树篱。 To bet on both sides, so that the possibility of loss will be diminished. 赌博时两方下注(以减少损失)。 To evade; skulk. 闪避;逃避。 Answer the question fully, don't hedge. 完完整整地回答那问题,不要闪避。 phrases hedge about (in) (a)围以树篱或障壁;围住。(b)困住;限制。 hedge one's bets 多方投资以减少自身损失。 adj. Belonging to an inferior class; third-rate. 劣等的;三流的;差劲的。 idoms hedge marriage 秘密结婚。 hedge sparrow 篱雀(常见于英国和欧洲大陆的一种小鸣雀)。 hedge fund 【商】避险基金。衍生工具基金的一种。 |
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