英语词汇“to cut both ways”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Said of the instrument; also transferred and figurative. to cut both (or two) ways, to have a double or mixed effect; to have both favourable and unfavourable aspects or implications.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (intransitive)]

carve?c1225

rivec1275

shearc1275

cutc1400

racea1413

incise?1541

slash1548

slive1558

hackle1577

haggle1577

slice1606

snipa1680

chip1844

bite1849

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase] > have a mixed effect

to cut both (or two) waysc1400

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > contrary evidence > lack evidence [phrase] > of evidence: be ambivalent

to cut both (or two) waysc1400

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. B.) 32 Cold matere streyneþ, drye matere kutteþ.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A.) 127 & þis schave schal kutte on þe side þat foldiþ ynward & it schal be blunt on þe oon side þat is outward.

a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. D6^v The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. Pref. sig. A3^v Fame, like a two-edg'd Sword, does cut both ways.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. viii. 29 Edged tools are in general designed to cut.

1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 243 Whether the razor did or did not cut well.

1854 J. C. Rutter Let. 23 May in M. Lutyens Millais & Ruskins (1967) 192 What you state about the Woman's Brain..might cut both ways..might not the irritant arise from want of consummation?

1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 196 The charge..is double-edged, and cuts both ways.

1935 Discovery Oct. 313/1 Clever arguments cut two ways.

单词	to cut both ways
释义	> as lemmas to cut both (or two) ways b. Said of the instrument; also transferred and figurative. to cut both (or two) ways, to have a double or mixed effect; to have both favourable and unfavourable aspects or implications. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (intransitive)] carve?c1225 rivec1275 shearc1275 cutc1400 racea1413 incise?1541 slash1548 slive1558 hackle1577 haggle1577 slice1606 snipa1680 chip1844 bite1849 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase] > have a mixed effect to cut both (or two) waysc1400 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > contrary evidence > lack evidence [phrase] > of evidence: be ambivalent to cut both (or two) waysc1400 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. B.) 32 Cold matere streyneþ, drye matere kutteþ. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A.) 127 & þis schave schal kutte on þe side þat foldiþ ynward & it schal be blunt on þe oon side þat is outward. a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. D6^v The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. Pref. sig. A3^v Fame, like a two-edg'd Sword, does cut both ways. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. viii. 29 Edged tools are in general designed to cut. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 243 Whether the razor did or did not cut well. 1854 J. C. Rutter Let. 23 May in M. Lutyens Millais & Ruskins (1967) 192 What you state about the Woman's Brain..might cut both ways..might not the irritant arise from want of consummation? 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 196 The charge..is double-edged, and cuts both ways. 1935 Discovery Oct. 313/1 Clever arguments cut two ways. extracted from cutv. < as lemmas
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