单词 | bet-hedging |
释义 | bet-hedgingn. 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. ΚΠ 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. That engages in or constitutes bet-hedging; equivocating, noncommittal. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1902adj.1971 |
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