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词汇 knife-edge
释义 knife edge
noun
uk /ˈnaɪf ˌedʒ/ us /ˈnaɪf ˌedʒ/
 on a knife edge
in a difficult or worrying situation of which the result is very uncertain: 处于摇摆不定的处境;处于令人焦虑的状态;结果未明
At the moment the election seems balanced on a knife edge.此刻看起来,选举尚未定局。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Uncertainty
amorphous
be neither fish nor fowlidiom
blurringly
blurry
circumstantial
indeterminacy
indeterminate
indeterminately
insecurely
insecurity
murky
shakiness
shallowly
slippery
spec
squishy
wavery
wifty
wishy-washy
you never knowidiom

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Experiencing difficulties
knife-edge
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈnaɪfˌedʒ/ us /ˈnaɪfˌedʒ/

knife-edgeadjective[before noun] (SHARP)


narrow and sharp: 锋利的
We had to climb over a knife-edge mountain ridge.我们不得不翻越一道陡峭的山脊。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Thin and fine
attenuate
attenuated
attenuation
delicate
elongated
hairline
narrow
narrowness
paper-thin
papery
pencil-thin
slender
slimline
super-thin
superfine
tenuity
thinly
ultra-thin
ultrafine
wispily

knife-edgeadjective[before noun] (UNCERTAIN)


used to describe a situation where the result is very uncertain: 处境不确定的;状态令人焦虑的;结果未明的
a knife-edge vote结果难料的投票
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Uncertainty
amorphous
be neither fish nor fowlidiom
blurringly
blurry
circumstantial
indeterminacy
indeterminate
indeterminately
insecurely
insecurity
murky
shakiness
shallowly
slippery
spec
squishy
wavery
wifty
wishy-washy
you never knowidiom
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