hedge
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a lawn, garden, field, or road. 樹籬
2. V-I If you hedge against something unpleasant or unwanted that might affect you, especially losing money, you do something which will protect you from it. 防備 (尤指金錢損失)
You can hedge against illness with insurance. 你可以買保險以備治療患病之需。
3. N-COUNT Something that is a hedge against something unpleasant will protect you from its effects. 防備手段
Gold is traditionally a hedge against inflation. 黃金傳統上是一種防範通貨膨脹的手段。
4. PHRASE If you hedge your bets, you reduce the risk of losing a lot by supporting more than one person or thing in a situation where they are opposed to each other. 幾麪下注
The company tried to hedge its bets by diversifying into other fields. 該公司試圖通過兼營其他領域幾麪下注。
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hedge /hɛdʒ/ (hedging,hedged,hedges)
剑桥词典
- She kicked the ball so powerfully that it flew over the hedge.
- I was sitting in the garden when suddenly my neighbour's head bobbed up from behind the hedge.
hedge noun [C] (BUSHES)
a line of bushes or small trees planted very close together, especially along the edge of a garden , field , or road(尤指花園、田塊或馬路邊緣的)樹籬
a privet hedge 女貞樹籬
例句
hedge noun [C] (PROTECTION)
a way of protecting , controlling , or limiting something
保護(或控制、限制)手段
She'd made some overseas investments as a hedge against rising inflation in this country . 在海外有一些投資,可以觝消該國不斷上陞的通貨膨脹所帶來的損失。
hedge noun [C] (GRAMMAR)
language specializeda word or phrase that makes what you say less strong
讓表述內容的嚴重程度降低的單詞(或詞組) 返回 hedge