| 释义 |
hedge | BrE hɛdʒ, AmE hɛdʒ | A. noun ① (line of bushes) 树篱 shùlí ▸ to look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards figurative informal 看上去蓬头垢面 ② figurative (against financial loss) 保值措施 bǎozhí cuòshī ; (against other adverse circumstances) 防范措施 fángfàn cuòshī B. transitive verb ① (plant a hedge around) 用树篱围住 yòng shùlí wéizhù ▸ to hedge sth off, to hedge off sth; 用树篱隔开某物 ② figurative (evade) 回避 huíbì ▸ to hedge the issue 回避问题 ③ (protect against financial loss) 对冲防止…损失 duìchōng fángzhǐ… sǔnshī ▸ to hedge one's bets (avoid committing oneself) 避免明确表态 (reduce the risk) 对冲止损 ④ (limit, qualify) 限定 xiàndìng ; (restrict, confine) 束缚 shùfù ▸ his proposals were hedged about with difficulties 他的提议受制于种种困难 C. intransitive verb ① (equivocate) 避免正面回答 bìmiǎn zhèngmiàn huídá ▸ we pressed him to say, but he just hedged 我们催促他说,但他只是闪烁其词 ▸ he hedged on or at every new question 他回避每一个新问题 ② ▸ (reduce risk) to hedge against sth; 对冲防止 duìchōng fángzhǐ ‹inflation, loss› |