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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.
          1. His future remains on a knife edge...
            他前途未卜。
          2. 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。
        • 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.
          1. 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。

        英英释义

        noun

        • a narrow boundary
          1. 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。