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Double Edged Double Effects Negative 英 美 双头的 Adj.双重的;两刃的 Bubble

英语单词 double-edged
英美音标 英 美
中文释义 双头的.
adj.双重的;两刃的
英语例句 (1) Double bubble gum bubbles double.
(2) The engines were arranged in a double pattern.
中文例句 (1) 双重的泡泡糖能吹双重的泡泡。
(2) 发动机安排成一个双重的图案。
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词]可作两种解释的;模棱两可的 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.

    即使他的赞扬都说得模棱两可。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]好坏相抵的;似好实坏的;有双重后果的 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. a double-edged sword→see:
sword
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • But tourism is double-edged, boosting the economy but damaging the environment...

    但旅游业具有两面性,既刺激经济增长但又会破坏环境。

  • Riley's early celebrity proved to be double-edged.

    赖利的一早成名后来证明是把双刃剑。

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