hedges

英 [ˈhedʒɪz]

美 [ˈhedʒɪz]

n.  树篱; 防止损失(尤指金钱)的手段
v.  避免正面回答; 不直接许诺; 拐弯抹角; 在(田地等周围)植树篱; 用树篱围住; 包围; 限制
hedge的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 树篱
  Ahedgeis a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a garden, field, or road.
• VERB 防备，防范（尤指金钱损失）
  If youhedge againstsomething unpleasant or unwanted that might affect you, especially losing money, you do something which will protect you from it.
  1. You can hedge against redundancy or illness with insurance...
     可以购买保险以防失业或患病。
  2. Today's clever financial instruments make it possible for firms to hedge their risks.
     现今各种巧妙的金融手段使得各公司防范风险成为可能。
• N-COUNT 防护物;防备手段;防范措施
  Something that is ahedge againstsomething unpleasant will protect you from its effects.
  1. Gold is traditionally a hedge against inflation.
     购买黄金是防范通货膨胀的一种传统手段。
• VERB 躲闪;回避
  If youhedge, you avoid answering a question or committing yourself to a particular action or decision.
  1. They hedged in answering various questions about the operation...
     他们闪烁其词，不愿回答有关此次行动的各种问题。
  2. 'I can't give you an answer now,' he hedged.
     “我现在不能回答你，”他闪避道。
• PHRASE 两面下注以防损失;骑墙
  If youhedgeyourbets, you reduce the risk of losing a lot by supporting more than one person or thing in a situation where they are opposed to each other.
  1. Hawker Siddeley tried to hedge its bets by diversifying into other fields...
     霍克·西德利试图通过在其他领域进行多样化发展来规避风险。
  2. Forecasters are hedging their bets about the outcome of this Saturday's Louisiana governor's race.
     预测家对本周六路易斯安那州州长竞选的结果骑墙观望，多手下注。

双语例句

• What, you need some hedges trimmed?
  怎么了，你需要我帮你修剪修剪树篱吗？
• He leapt up lightly, arranged the reins, and was gone between the tall red-berried hedges.
  他轻快地跳上车，理好缰绳，就从两行高大的结着红色浆果的树篱中间走了。
• Farmers often enclose their land with hedges.
  农夫们常用树篱将他们的地围起来。
• This essay makes a pragmatic study on the hedges in medical writing.
  探讨医学英语语篇中闪避语的使用及其语用功能。
• On English Hedges's Communicative Functions and Pragmatic Failures
  英语模糊限制语的言语交际功能与语用失误
• But those figures are after hedges and adjustment.
  但这些数据是经过对冲和调整后的数据。
• A Study on the Hedges Used by Chinese English Learners
  中国英语学习者使用模糊限制语的研究
• Spring has come and the hedges are putting forth new leaves.
  春天到了，树篱长出了新叶子。
• I am not for criticizing hedges and black cattle.
  我不会去对排排树篱和黑色的牛群进行过多评论。
• The brick path to the door was hemmed in on either side by tall, unkempt boxwood hedges.
  通往门口的砖路两旁是高大、杂乱的黄杨树篱。