| 单词 | double-edged |
| 释义 | double-edged1. adjective If you say that a comment is double-edged, you mean that it has two meanings, so that you are not sure whether the person who said it is being critical or is giving praise. Even his praise is double-edged. 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you say that something is double-edged, you mean that its positive effects are balanced by its negative effects, or that its negative effects are greater. But tourism is double-edged, boosting the economy but damaging the environment. Riley's early celebrity proved to be double-edged. 3. a double-edged sword double-edged in British Englishadjective 1. acting in two ways; having a dual effect a double-edged law 2. (of a remark, argument, etc) having two possible interpretations, esp applicable both for and against or being really malicious though apparently innocuous 3. (of a sword, knife, etc) having a cutting edge on either side of the blade double-edged in American English (ˈdʌbəlˌɛdʒd) adjective 1. having two cutting edges 2. applicable against, as well as for, as an argument 3. having the expected favorable results but also unanticipated unfavorable results : often in the phrase double-edged sword More idioms containing |
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