雅思英语常用固定搭配短语词组 double-edged sword


释义：

double-edged sword 双刃剑（指对双方皆不利的局面，或敌我不分的计谋）；双面刃

例句：


A person's looks are a double-edged sword. Sometimes it works in your favour, sometimes it works against you.

一个人的相貌是一把双刃剑。有时它对你有利，有时又对你不利。



He has found that humor is a double-edged sword.

他发现幽默是一把双刃剑。



Advanced technology is usually a double-edged sword, which can bring people both benefits and harms.

先进的技术通常是一把双刃剑，它可以给人们带来好处和危害。



As far as I'm concerned, the Internet is a double-edged sword. We must remain skeptical of Internet information.

我认为互联网是把双刃剑。我们必须对网上的信息保留怀疑态度。



Since technology is a double-edged sword, the development it brings and its potential threats are two sides of the same coin.

技术是一把双刃剑，因此它所带来的发展及其潜在威胁是紧密相关的。



Let us look at an idiom: kill two birds with double-edged sword.

我们再看一个成语：一举两得/一箭双雕。



Alcohol is a double-edged sword.

酒是一把双刃剑。



Objects are a double-edged sword.

对象是把双刃剑。



Being famous is a double-edged sword.

出名是把双刃剑。



The imagination is a double-edged sword.

我们的想象力就是这样一把双刃剑。



But more scrutiny can be a double-edged sword.

但是更多的关注也是一把双刃剑。



Security mechanisms can be a double-edged sword.

安全机制是一把双刃剑。



This new freedom is a double-edged sword, however.

然而，语言选择的自由是把双刃剑。



Workplace friendships are like a double-edged sword.

职场友谊就像一把双刃剑。



The latter has proven to be a double-edged sword.

而后者已被证明是一把双刃剑。



For cancer, out-of-pocket payment is a double-edged sword.

就癌症而言，自费支付费用是一把双刃剑。



Sennhauser notes, however, that this is a double-edged sword.

Sennhauser指出，这其实是一把双刃剑。



Equity prices did rebound last year but that was a double-edged sword.

股票价格去年出现反弹，但那是双刃剑。