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

双语例句

• This paper focuses on the theory, setup, and experiment of a visualization system for surface acoustic wave ( SAW) distribution based on knife-edge laser probe.
  介绍了激光刀口法声表面波（SAW）分布图像化高速测量系统的原理和系统构成，并进行了测试验证。
• Changed machine small, energy-saving, grinding out any angle is a knife-edge sharp and durable replacements.
  改机体积小，节能，磨削出的任何角度刀口锋利耐用是更新换代产品。
• The economy is balanced on a knife-edge.
  经济形势尚不明朗。
• The project is on a knife-edge between success and failure.
  这项工程成败未定。
• 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。
• Knife-edge, agate, unmounted for balances and weighting apparatus
  玛瑙刃形支承，未镶嵌的，供天平或其他称重装置用
• Living with technology is like climbing a mountain along a knife-edge which narrows as it nears the summit.
  与科技共存就像是沿着刀刃口攀登山，越临近顶点就越狭窄。
• According to the optimization and simulation result, it shortens the distance from the knife-edge to the aspheric surface to be tested and obtains higher compensation precision.
  从设计结果上看，它缩短了刀口到待检非球面的距离，获得高精度补偿。
• 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。
• The team's future was on a knife-edge last night.
  昨晚，该球队前途未卜。