cut both ways

单词cut both ways

基本解释

na.: 抱骑墙态度；模棱两可
网络: 各有利弊；互有利弊；两方面都起作用

英汉解释

• 模棱两可

• 两面兼顾

• 削减,缩减;裁员

例句

• in business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for man.

  然而，在商业领域，好的相貌对男女都起作用，对男人尤其更深一些。

• The perils of dealing with shaky regimes cut both ways.

  冒险与不稳定的政权打交道有利有弊。

• But the speed and ease of communication cut both ways.

  不过，通信的速度和舒适性也是双刃剑。

• But regulatory risk can cut both ways, resulting also from the response in countries such as the US to developments in Asia.

  不过，监管风险可以有利有弊，这还要取决于美国等国家对亚洲事态进展的反应。

• Parsing such statements for imminent policy shifts is a sport in China, but the language can cut both ways.

  对这样的声明逐词逐句进行分析、试图据此猜测即将发生的政策转变，这在中国可以说是一种消遣活动，但这类语言的使用有利有弊。

• But as many a Chinese American living in China can attest, the presumption of ethnic solidarity is a knife that can cut both ways.

  但许多在中国生活的美籍华人也可以证明，这种同族同种的想法也可以成为一把双刃剑。