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单词 whipsaw
释义
whipsaw
verb
US
uk
/ˈwɪp.sɔː/us
/ˈwɪp.sɑː/

whipsawverb(MOVE)

[IorT]
tomove, or to make somethingmove,quicklybetween twodirections:
在两端间快速移动；拉锯式移动
Theropewhipsawed back andforth.绳子拉锯式地来回移动。
figPrices on thestockexchangewhipsawedwildly.股价上下疯狂变动。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Backwards, sideways and back and forth
  • anticlockwise
  • back and forthidiom
  • back to frontphrase
  • backward
  • backwards
  • hither and thitheridiom
  • lateral
  • laterally
  • libration
  • retro
  • round
  • saw
  • side
  • stand
  • step aside
  • swept-back
  • there and backidiom
  • to and fro
  • to-ing and fro-ing
  • wrong
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whipsawverb(AFFECT BADLY)

[IorT]
todefeatoraffectsomeonebadly,especiallyin twowaysat the sametime:
使遭受双重损失
Families are being whipsawed by highpricesandlowwages.家庭遭受了高物价和低工资的双重压力。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affecting and influencing
  • across-the-board
  • affect
  • applicability
  • be/fall undersomeone'sinfluence/spellidiom
  • bear
  • bear onsomething
  • carry
  • colour
  • inspiration
  • instrumental
  • interinfluence
  • involve
  • jerk
  • pen
  • shape
  • spill
  • spill over
  • start(something)off
  • tastemaker
  • tell againstsomeone/something
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Losing and being defeated

whipsawverb(CUT)

[T]
tocutsomething with a whipsaw
用狭边钩齿粗木锯切割
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cutting and stabbing
  • abrasion
  • bayonet
  • butcher
  • carve
  • carving
  • chisel
  • chop
  • impaler
  • incise
  • julienne
  • lacerate
  • lacerated
  • shave
  • shearing
  • sheep shearing
  • slash
  • sliced
  • slit
  • snip
  • spike
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whipsaw
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪp.sɔː/us
/ˈwɪp.sɑː/
alongsaw(=toolforcuttingwood)with ahandleon each end, which ispulledback andforthbetween twopeople
狭边钩齿粗木锯
picture of whipsaw
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tools
  • -pronged
  • adjustable spanner
  • adze
  • Allen key
  • auger
  • awl
  • excavator
  • gimlet
  • gouge
  • grapnel
  • grappling iron
  • grindstone
  • guillotine
  • plunger
  • prong
  • rasp
  • razor knife
  • reamer
  • sander
  • trowel
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(Definition ofwhipsawfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

whipsaw| Business English

whipsaw
verb[T]
STOCK MARKET,FINANCE
uk
/ˈwɪpsɔː/us
toinfluenceshares, etc. in a way that makestheirvaluechangeveryquickly, so that it isdifficulttoknowwhat willhappennext:
Fluctuations inworldenergypriceshave whipsawed thefortunesofoilcompaniesfordecades.
be/get whipsawedNew Yorkshareswere whipsawed, with an earlyrecoverygiving way to ashort-livedbloodbathatmidday.
(Definition ofwhipsawfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwhipsaw

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To discourage employers from breaking away from the group, unions developed thewhipsawstrike-in which the union would strike one employer at a time, one after another.
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There is also awhipsawissue with regard to decrements used in mortality calculations along with the plan rate.
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They also recommended the use of sweeping, multiemployer lockouts to counter thewhipsawtactics of the unions, which, taking advantage of labor shortages, drove up wages enterprise by enterprise.
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Unions might favour single-employer bargaining as a deliberate strategy since it would enhance their relative bargaining power in terms of a potential ability towhipsawindividual employers.
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In awhipsawstrike, the union strikes one employer (or just a few employers) in the multi-employer bargaining group.
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Few nations have addressed the use of lockouts duringwhipsawstrikes, however.
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Thewhipsawfeeling through a veritable storm of fire became harder every second.
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A second issue involved use of thewhipsawstrike.
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She was watching men use the difficult two-manwhipsawwhen she noticed that half of their motion was wasted.
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Early sawmills simply adapted thewhipsawto mechanical power, generally driven by a water wheel to speed up the process.
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A pit-saw was also sometimes known as awhipsaw.
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Logs and boards laboriously fashioned from local timber with awhipsawwere used to build the one room church.
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To do this they must acquire awhipsawif they do not already have one.
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The goal of awhipsawstrike may vary.
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Early sawmills adapted thewhipsawto mechanical power, generally driven by a water wheel to speed up the process.
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