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单词 bet-hedging
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bet-hedgingn.

Brit. /ˈbɛtˌhɛdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɛtˌhɛdʒɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bet n.2, hedging n.
Etymology: < bet n.2 + hedging n. Compare hedge v. 8.
The action of hedging a bet, or of hedging one's bets (cf. to hedge one's bets at hedge v. Additions); equivocation, indecision. Cf. hedge v. 8a.
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1902 Salt Lake Tribune 23 Nov. 20/7 He took a long swear-off then on the bet hedging game,..he told them that he'd rather lose $100,000 than ever do another piece of hedging.
1964 Guardian 15 Apr. 6/8 Mr Wilson appears to be hedging his bet, and this bet-hedging extended to the Labour Party's representation at the conference.
1976 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 7 75 This might be thought of as a means of reducing the effects of environmental heterogeneity, which would otherwise demand more bet hedging.
1990 W. Sheed Ess. in Disguise i. iv. 63 There will be no throat-clearings or scholarly bet-hedging.
2009 S. Connaughton Big Parts 36 Though his pitch was beside the bookie's he was barred from entering... He was a master of paranoid arithmetic and shifty bet hedging.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bet-hedgingadj.

Brit. /ˈbɛtˌhɛdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɛtˌhɛdʒɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bet n.2, hedge v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < bet n.2 + hedge v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier bet-hedging n.
That engages in or constitutes bet-hedging; equivocating, noncommittal.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective] > of persons, speech
ambiguous1560
meal-mouthed1570
mealy-mouthed1571
mealy1573
mealmouth1575
Janian1598
equivocant1609
bird-mouthed1610
equivocating1645
Janus-like1656
Janus-faceda1682
equivocatory1821
Samsonian1861
weasel1912
weasel-worded1923
stuttery1937
bet-hedging1971
1971 Times 4 Mar. 12/3 This is, in 1885, a bet-hedging piece, and not an outstandingly insightful one.
1982 Washington Post 25 July a1/3 These assorted endeavors, cutting across both political and ideological lines, may be more than just bet-hedging contradictions or passing gestures of political convenience.
1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Dec. 41/1 The very phrase is enough to strike terror in the heart of a stunt man or soldier of fortune, let alone a cautious, bet-hedging reviewer.
2003 M. E. N. Majerus Sex Wars ix. 203 The bet-hedging gambler will win 12 times as often as the all-or-nothing gambler.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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