edge是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the outer or furthest point of something -- 邊，邊緣

  • He put pink icing around the edge of the cake. 他用粉色的糖霜沿蛋糕邊擠花。

  • They built the church on the edge of the village. 他們把教堂建在村莊邊緣。

  • A man was standing at the water's edge with a small boy. 一名男子帶著一個小男孩站在水邊。

  • I caught (= hit) my leg on the edge of the table as I walked past. 我經過那張桌子的時候，腿撞到在桌邊了。

• 1 the side of a blade that cuts, or any sharp part of an object that could cut -- 刀口；刃；鋒利的邊緣

  • Careful with that open can - it's got a very sharp edge. 小心那罐打開的罐頭——開口的地方很鋒利。

• 2 the point just before something very different and noticeable happens -- （變故的）邊緣

  • The company is on the edge of collapse. 公司瀕臨倒閉。

  • The government had brought the country to the edge of a catastrophe. 這任政府將國家引向了災難的邊緣。

  • She had been driven over the edge by the separation from her husband. 丈夫離她而去，把她逼向瘋狂的邊緣。

• 3 an advantage over other people -- 優勢；優越之處

  • In terms of experience, she definitely had the edge over the other people that we interviewed. 就工作經驗而言，她顯然要比我們面試過的其他人都勝出一籌。

• 4 a small but noticeable amount of anger in someone's voice -- 尖刻的聲調；厭煩的聲調；憤怒的語氣

  • There's a definite edge to/in her voice when she talks to her husband. 她跟丈夫說話時，語氣明顯有些氣惱。

  • Is something wrong? You seem a bit on edge this morning. 出甚麼事了？你今天上午好像有些心神不寧。

• 5 to move slowly with gradual movements or in gradual stages, or to make someone or something move in this way -- （使）徐徐移動；（使）緩慢發展

  • A long line of traffic edged its way forward. 一條長長的車龍緩緩向前移動。

  • Inflation has edged up to five percent over the last two years. 在過去兩年中，通貨膨脹慢慢攀升至5%。

  • Those who disagreed with the CEO's viewpoint were gradually edged out of (= forced to leave) the company. 那些和總經理觀點不一致的人慢慢地一個個被迫離開了公司。