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单词 double-edged
释义
double-edged
adjective
uk
/ˌdʌb.əlˈedʒd/us
/ˌdʌb.əlˈedʒd/
Something that is double-edgedactsin twoways, often with onenegativeand onepositiveeffect:
双重作用的，双刃的；利弊互现的
Shepaidme the double-edgedcomplimentof saying myworkwas "excellentfor abeginner."她用“优秀的新手”这种毁誉参半的话来赞扬我的工作。
The government'sprogrammetogrowcashcropsforexportis a double-edgedswordbecause it hascreatedalocalfoodshortage.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。
See also
two-edged(TWO MEANINGS)UK
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(Definition ofdouble-edgedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

double-edged| American Dictionary

double-edged
adjective[not gradable]
us/ˈdʌb·əlˈedʒd/
having twopossibleand differentmeaningsoreffects:
Climatechangesarepotentiallydouble-edged intheirconsequences.
Wealth andfamecan be adouble-edgedsword(= asituationwith bothpositiveandnegativeeffects).
(Definition ofdouble-edgedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdouble-edged

double-edged
Indeed, it seems that there isdouble-edgedrisk of trivialization.
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But these portrayals were alsodouble-edgedin that they contributed to the passive and powerless image of women.
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The influence attained by folk healers wasdouble-edged.
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On a more general level, this book can be read as a thoughtful and thought-provoking examination of thedouble-edgedeffects of globalisation.
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Thus, adouble-edgedprocess of change is underway.
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Several other issues raised in the strategy paper have similardouble-edgedimplications for older people's health care.
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But that such 'protection' was a fragile refuge and that honour like many other instruments wasdouble-edgedwere proved repeatedly.
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Like other aspects of women's involvement in political life, their participation in highly politicized social events elicited adouble-edgedresponse.
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The aversion of new course economics to all sorts of abstract theorising wasdouble-edged.
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In the modern idiom this value might be referred to in a slightlydouble-edgedway as greatness as opposed to goodness.
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One reason is thedouble-edgedcharacter of directpayments.
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The millowners saw only too clearly that the consequences of state intervention could bedouble-edged, and sometimes viewed the prospect with apprehension.
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It is particularly noteworthy that this new paradigm wasdouble-edgedin a very subtle way.
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So, the government introduced adouble-edgedpolicy that came to be known as villagisation.
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As a very different discourse and method for regulating employment to collective bargaining, the law provided adouble-edgedchallenge to trade unions.
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