knife-edge

英 [ˈnaɪf edʒ]

美 [ˈnaɪf edʒ]

n.  刀刃

复数：knife-edges　

习惯用语

n.

on a knife-edge
• 胜负难料；成败未定
  finely balanced between success and failure
• The economy is balanced on a knife-edge.
  经济形势尚不明朗。
• 十分焦虑；急于知道结果
  very worried or anxious about the result of sth

牛津词典

noun

• 刀刃
  the sharp edge of a knife

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 形势难料；结果未卜
  To beon a knife-edgemeans to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.
  1. His future remains on a knife edge...
     他前途未卜。
  2. The game is poised on a knife-edge. One mistake or one piece of good luck could decide it.
     比赛形势扑朔迷离。一个失误或是一点运气就有可能决定胜负。
• ADJ-GRADED 形势难料的
  You can useknife-edgeto refer to something that is very exciting or tense because you do not know what is going to happen next.
  1. Tonight's knife-edge vote could be uncomfortably close.
     今晚投票的结果很难预料，双方实力可能会很接近，这令人紧张不安。

英英释义

noun

• a narrow boundary
  1. he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity

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