词汇 | double-edged-sword |
释义 | double-edged sword noun[ C ] uk /ˌdʌb.əl.edʒd ˈsɔːd/ us /ˌdʌb.əl.edʒd ˈsɔːrd/ something that acts in two ways, often with one negative and one positive effect: Fame can be a double-edged sword. The innovation has proved to be a double-edged sword, often as capable of complicating life as it is of simplifying it. a weapon with a long, metal blade that is sharp at both edges, used especially in the past: The fresco portrays a knight wielding a double-edged sword. The archaeologists uncovered a double-edged sword almost 40 centimetres long. High oil and gas prices have always been a double-edged sword in this country. The government's programme to grow cash crops for export is a double-edged sword because it has created a local food shortage.政府制定的种植经济作物以出口的计划是一把双刃剑,因为该计划造成了当地粮食短缺。 The unedited and uncensored nature of user-generated content can be a double-edged sword. Quite good, or not very good acceptable acceptably adequacy adequate adequately government half decent iffy impure indifferent passably patchily patchiness patchy presentably scratch spotty the/your average bearidiom up to scratchidiom weedy You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hand weapons |
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