英语词汇“on the razor's edge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative and in figurative contexts. Frequently on the (or a) razor's edge [after ancient Greek ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς (e.g. in the passage translated in quot. ?1611 at α. )] : in a critical or precarious position (cf. razor-edge n. at Compounds 2).Occam's razor: see Occam's razor n.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > in a precarious condition

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upon a or the die1659

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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 1437 (MED) Tymes [read Tyme] with his rasour hath..Shauen a-wey the honour and the glory Off many a noble.

c1460 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 738 Wyntris rasour doth al away arrace.

1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. E2 ^v Undoubtedly this rasour sharpe, (quoth Tyme) shall presently dispatch.

1594 Willobie his Auisa xliiii. f. 41 The sharpe rasor of a willing conceit.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 150 Now on the eager razors edge, for life or death we stand.

1635 Bp. J. Hall Char. of Man 43 His eyes are the burning glasses of concupiscence, his tongue a razor of detraction.

1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life xxvii. 367 When the Razor of censure hath (saith one) made your heads bare, and brought on the baldness of reproach, be not discouraged.

1715 C. Johnson Country Lasses v. 63 Free. Why then, suppose your Wife shou'd—Heart. Shou'd what? I tread upon a Razor's Edge, shou'd what?

1740 T. Newcomb Misc. Coll. Orig. Poems 223 Razor's oft are seen, To wound the hand which help'd to make them keen.

1807 W. H. Ireland All Block! i. 8 Thy hand..the razor keen must wield, Shave France,..And clear away republican mundungus.

1879 R. Browning Pheidippides 86 Here am I back..we stand no more on the razor's edge!

1907 Ld. Curzon Frontiers 7 Frontiers are indeed the razor's edge on which hang suspended the modern issues of war or peace, of life or death to nations.

1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep xii. 235 In the Norlands life had always been on a razor's edge.

1976 A. White Long Silence vi. 49 He was living on a razor's edge. Sooner or later, the Germans were going to begin to suspect.

1992 F. McLynn Hearts of Darkness Introd. 4 They had no real conception of the economic razor's edge on which most African societies lived.

β. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1119 Lyke as wynter rasure dothe allway arace and deface grene summer, so faryth hit by unstable love in man and woman.

单词	on the razor's edge
释义	> as lemmas on the (or a) razor's edge b. figurative and in figurative contexts. Frequently on the (or a) razor's edge [after ancient Greek ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς (e.g. in the passage translated in quot. ?1611 at α. )] : in a critical or precarious position (cf. razor-edge n. at Compounds 2).Occam's razor: see Occam's razor n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > in a precarious condition on the (or a) razor's edge?1611 upon a or the die1659 in the air1752 α. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 1437 (MED) Tymes [read Tyme] with his rasour hath..Shauen a-wey the honour and the glory Off many a noble. c1460 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 738 Wyntris rasour doth al away arrace. 1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. E2 ^v Undoubtedly this rasour sharpe, (quoth Tyme) shall presently dispatch. 1594 Willobie his Auisa xliiii. f. 41 The sharpe rasor of a willing conceit. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 150 Now on the eager razors edge, for life or death we stand. 1635 Bp. J. Hall Char. of Man 43 His eyes are the burning glasses of concupiscence, his tongue a razor of detraction. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life xxvii. 367 When the Razor of censure hath (saith one) made your heads bare, and brought on the baldness of reproach, be not discouraged. 1715 C. Johnson Country Lasses v. 63 Free. Why then, suppose your Wife shou'd—Heart. Shou'd what? I tread upon a Razor's Edge, shou'd what? 1740 T. Newcomb Misc. Coll. Orig. Poems 223 Razor's oft are seen, To wound the hand which help'd to make them keen. 1807 W. H. Ireland All Block! i. 8 Thy hand..the razor keen must wield, Shave France,..And clear away republican mundungus. 1879 R. Browning Pheidippides 86 Here am I back..we stand no more on the razor's edge! 1907 Ld. Curzon Frontiers 7 Frontiers are indeed the razor's edge on which hang suspended the modern issues of war or peace, of life or death to nations. 1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep xii. 235 In the Norlands life had always been on a razor's edge. 1976 A. White Long Silence vi. 49 He was living on a razor's edge. Sooner or later, the Germans were going to begin to suspect. 1992 F. McLynn Hearts of Darkness Introd. 4 They had no real conception of the economic razor's edge on which most African societies lived. β. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1119 Lyke as wynter rasure dothe allway arace and deface grene summer, so faryth hit by unstable love in man and woman. extracted from razorn. < as lemmas
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