hedge
n. 树篱; 防护物; 防范措施
v. 防备,防范; 躲闪,回避; 限制
A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a garden, field, or road.
If you hedge against something unpleasant or unwanted that might affect you, especially losing money, you do something which will protect you from it.
You can hedge against redundancy or illness with insurance...
可以购买保险以防失业或患病。
Today's clever financial instruments make it possible for firms to hedge their risks.
现今各种巧妙的金融手段使得各公司防范风险成为可能。
Something that is a hedge against something unpleasant will protect you from its effects.
Gold is traditionally a hedge against inflation.
购买黄金是防范通货膨胀的一种传统手段。
If you hedge, you avoid answering a question or committing yourself to a particular action or decision.
They hedged in answering various questions about the operation...
他们闪烁其词,不愿回答有关此次行动的各种问题。
'I can't give you an answer now,' he hedged.
“我现在不能回答你,”他闪避道。
If you hedge your bets, you reduce the risk of losing a lot by supporting more than one person or thing in a situation where they are opposed to each other.
Hawker Siddeley tried to hedge its bets by diversifying into other fields...
霍克·西德利试图通过在其他领域进行多样化发展来规避风险。
Forecasters are hedging their bets about the outcome of this Saturday's Louisiana governor's race.
预测家对本周六路易斯安那州州长竞选的结果骑墙观望,多手下注。
1. a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
2. any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
3. an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement;
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
2. hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge;
3. enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges;
4. minimize loss or risk;
fence, hedge
这两个名词均有"篱笆"之意。
hedge one's bets
(在面对困难抉择时)避免作明确承诺;避免表态
The hedge of stones is much stronger than a wood hedge.
石头围墙比竹篱笆结实多了.
He topped off the hedge.
他整修了树篱顶部.
No mathematician is infallible; he may make mistakes, but he must not hedge.
没有一位数学家是一贯正确的; 他可能会犯错误, 但他绝不会回避任何一个问题.
Buying gold may be a hedge against inflation.
购买黄金不失为防止通货膨胀的上策.
At the far end of the meadow two slates in the wall, which at this point replaced the hedge, indicated a stile.
在草地的另一端, 树篱围墙中有两块石板和树篱相连.看得出这是供人越过树篱的阶梯.