hedge against

/hɛdʒ əˈɡɛnst/· phrasal verb

政治/外交/军事B2

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Chinese meaning

(在zài大dà国guó间jiān)两liǎng面miàn下xià注zhù,留liú后hòu手shǒu

预yù先xiān采cǎi取qǔ措cuò施shī防fáng范fàn某mǒu种zhǒng风fēng险xiǎn

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美měi国guó的de穆mù斯sī林lín盟méng友yǒu悄qiāo悄qiāo发fā展zhǎn替tì代dài伙huǒ伴bàn关guān系xì,以yǐ防fáng依yī赖lài华huá盛shèng顿dùn落luò空kōng

Example

America's Muslim allies are hedging against Washington

美měi国guó的de穆mù斯sī林lín盟méng友yǒu正zhèng在zài对duì华huá盛shèng顿dùn留liú后hòu手shǒu、两liǎng面miàn下xià注zhù。

Source: The Hill · 20 Aug 2026

Background ✎

报bào道dào称chēng美měi国guó在zài伊yī斯sī兰lán世shì界jiè的de传chuán统tǒng盟méng友yǒu并bìng未wèi彻chè底dǐ转zhuǎn向xiàng,但dàn已yǐ在zài悄qiāo悄qiāo建jiàn立lì替tì代dài伙huǒ伴bàn关guān系xì,以yǐ降jiàng低dī对duì美měi国guó的de依yī赖lài。

Roots · etymology

hedge 本义“田间树篱”,引申出“设防、留后路”的比喻用法

  • hedge(树篱,引申为“防护屏障”)+ against(针对,防范)

Collocations

  • hedge against risk / hedge against inflation / hedge against uncertainty

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