have it both ways

单词have it both ways

基本解释

na.: 两者兼顾

英汉解释

• 两者兼顾

例句

• So far Germany is trying to have it both ways, and succeeding only in getting everyone deeper into the mire.

  目前为止德国正努力做好这两方面，但结果是让每个人陷入更深的泥沼。

• In a crisis where good policies for the short and long term are often opposed, it would be a shame to miss a chance to have it both ways.

  在危机中，好的政策也往往相互对立，难以同时兼顾短期和长期利益。如果短期长期利益俱失，那将令人汗颜。

• Just now the industry is trying to have it both ways.

  目前整个产业都在努力兼顾这两方面。

• If you are really in love with your wife, you should be in support of her. You can"t have it both ways, of course.

  如果你要是真爱你的妻子，你应该支持她。你总不能两者兼顾吧。

• They insisted they could have it both ways: the best of high tech, the best of the Haight-Ashbury lifestyle . . . together.

  他们坚持他们可以两者兼得：最好的高科技，和Haight-Ashbury的生活方式中最精华的部分……合二为一。

• Countries cannot have it both ways: the cost of a cleaner environment may sometimes be fewer jobs.

  国家难以二者兼得：因为更加清洁的环境有时意味着较少的工作机会。

• "Some people say that we act too quickly, some people say that we act too slowly. You can"t have it both ways, " says Mr. Chambers from S&P.

  标普的钱伯斯说，有人说我们行动太快，有人说我们行动太慢，你不能让两边都满意。

• But why can"t we have it both ways? Can"t we educate people for life as well as for a career?

  但是我们为什么不能两全其美呢！我们能不能教会人们既懂得谋生，又懂得去成就一番事业？。

• Could somebody in the White House please tell Mr Obama he cannot have it both ways?

  白宫里有谁能够告诉总统先生，鱼与熊掌不可兼得？

• This is partly an attempt to have it both ways, of course.

  当然这在某种程度上是使一个问题两面化。