hedge是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a line of bushes or small trees planted very close together, especially along the edge of a garden, field, or road -- （尤指花園、田地或馬路邊緣的）樹籬

  • a privet hedge 女貞樹籬

• 1 a way of protecting, controlling, or limiting something -- 保護（或控制、限制）手段

  • She'd made some overseas investments as a hedge against rising inflation in this country. 她在海外有一些投資，可以抵消該國不斷上升的通貨膨脹所帶來的損失。

• 2 a word or phrase that makes what you say less strong -- 讓表述內容的嚴重程度降低的單詞（或片語）

• 3 to limit something severely -- 嚴格限制

  • We've got permission, but it's hedged about/around with strict conditions. 我們得到了許可，但卻有嚴格的限制條件。

  • Stop hedging and tell me what you really think. 別再拐彎抹角了，告訴我你真正的想法。