hedge
n. 樹籬; 防護物; 防範措施
v. 防備,防範; 躲閃,迴避; 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...
可以購買保險以防失業或患病。
Today's clever financial instruments make it possible for firms to hedge their risks.
現今各種巧妙的金融手段使得各公司防範風險成為可能。
Something that is a hedge against something unpleasant will protect you from its effects.
Gold is traditionally a hedge against inflation.
購買黃金是防範通貨膨脹的一種傳統手段。
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...
他們閃爍其詞,不願回答有關此次行動的各種問題。
'I can't give you an answer now,' he hedged.
“我現在不能回答你,”他閃避道。
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·西德利試圖透過在其他領域進行多樣化發展來規避風險。
Forecasters are hedging their bets about the outcome of this Saturday's Louisiana governor's race.
預測家對本週六路易斯安那州州長競選的結果騎牆觀望,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
這兩個名詞均有"籬笆"之意。
hedge one's bets
(在面對困難抉擇時)避免作明確承諾;避免表態
The hedge of stones is much stronger than a wood hedge.
石頭圍牆比竹籬笆結實多了.
He topped off the hedge.
他整修了樹籬頂部.
No mathematician is infallible; he may make mistakes, but he must not hedge.
沒有一位數學家是一貫正確的; 他可能會犯錯誤, 但他絕不會迴避任何一個問題.
Buying gold may be a hedge against inflation.
購買黃金不失為防止通貨膨脹的上策.
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, 樹籬圍牆中有兩塊石板和樹籬相連.看得出這是供人越過樹籬的階梯.