hedges的中文翻译是什么意思

N-COUNT树篱

A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a garden, field, or road.

VERB防备，防范（尤指金钱损失）

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。

N-COUNT防护物;防备手段;防范措施

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。

VERB躲闪;回避

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。

PHRASE两面下注以防损失;骑墙

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。