knife-edge
英 [ˈnaɪf edʒ]
美 [ˈnaɪf edʒ]
n. 刀刃
复数:knife-edges
习惯用语
n.
- on a knife-edge
- 胜负难料;成败未定
finely balanced between success and failure - The economy is balanced on a knife-edge.
经济形势尚不明朗。 - 十分焦虑;急于知道结果
very worried or anxious about the result of sth
牛津词典
noun
- 刀刃
the sharp edge of a knife
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 形势难料;结果未卜
To beon a knife-edgemeans to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.- His future remains on a knife edge...
他前途未卜。 - The game is poised on a knife-edge. One mistake or one piece of good luck could decide it.
比赛形势扑朔迷离。一个失误或是一点运气就有可能决定胜负。
- His future remains on a knife edge...
- ADJ-GRADED 形势难料的
You can useknife-edgeto refer to something that is very exciting or tense because you do not know what is going to happen next.- Tonight's knife-edge vote could be uncomfortably close.
今晚投票的结果很难预料,双方实力可能会很接近,这令人紧张不安。
- Tonight's knife-edge vote could be uncomfortably close.
英英释义
noun
- a narrow boundary
- he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity
双语例句
- Relationship between microstructure and properties and failure mechanism of knife-edge with small angle
薄刃刀具刃口失效机制与材料组织性能的关系 - The utility model discloses a dual-purpose screw driver, comprising a screw driver handle, a screw driver bar and a knife-edge bar.
本实用新型公开了一种两用螺丝刀,由螺丝刀手柄,螺丝刀杆和刀口杆组成。 - On Orbit MTF Test Research of Remote Sensors Based on Knife-edge Method spaceborne remote sensing
基于刃边法的航天光学遥感器在轨MTF测试研究 - The agricultural merchandisation is a double knife-edge sword.
农业商品化是一把双刃剑。 - Knife-edge, agate, unmounted for balances and weighting apparatus
玛瑙刃形支承,未镶嵌的,供天平或其他称重装置用 - We had to climb over a knife-edge mountain ridge.
我们必须翻越一道陡峭的山脊。 - The economy is balanced on a knife-edge.
经济形势尚不明朗。 - The team's future was on a knife-edge last night.
昨晚,该球队前途未卜。 - At the moment the election seems balanced on a knife-edge.
此刻选举似乎处于摇摆不定的状态。 - The project is on a knife-edge between success and failure.
这项工程成败未定。