1. hedge one's bets : 骑墙, 两面讨好；

2. not grow on every hedge : 稀少, 稀有；

1. We hedged our yard with yews.
    我们用紫杉把院子围起。

2. Stop hedging and answer my question directly!
    不要规避，直接回答我的问题！

1. When you have made a bad bet, it is best to hedge off.
    如果你赌运不佳，最好两方下注，以免损失过高。

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1. We have planted trees as a hedge against shifting sand.
    我们植树以防流沙的侵袭。

2. They planted a hedge around the garden.
    他们在花园周围栽起了树篱。

1. 套期保值：中国资金治理网 蒋玲 套期保值(Hedge)是指把期货市场当作转移价格风险的场所,利用期货合约作为将来在现货市场上买卖商品的临时替代物,对其现在买进预备以后售出商品或对将来需要买进商品的价格进行保险的交易活动.

2. 绿篱：又称为孤植树、或标本树. ? 花灌木(Floweringshrubs)花、叶、果、枝或全株可供观赏的灌木. 具有美化和改善环境的作用,是构成园景的主要素材,在城乡绿化和园林植物配植中,常占有重要地位. ? 绿篱(hedge)栽种植物使之形成的墙垣.

3. 树篱：扔掉掐 死你(throttle) raff(大量)淫雨霏霏,他日关税重重(tariff),雪上轻舟飞过(skiff),quaff 豪情痛饮 你毛在呻吟(moan),他毛入壕沟(moat) 微尘是 mote,溺爱是 dote,死记硬背才 rote 坏哥得徽章(badge),他在做树篱(hedge),不让牛轻推(nudge),

1. 树篱
    A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a garden, field, or road.

2. 防备，防范（尤指金钱损失）
    If you hedge against something unpleasant or unwanted that might affect you, especially losing money, you do something which will protect you from it.

hedge

    e.g. You can hedge against redundancy or illness with insurance...
           可以购买保险以防失业或患病。
    e.g. Today''s clever financial instruments make it possible for firms to hedge their risks.
           现今各种巧妙的金融手段使得各公司防范风险成为可能。

3. 防护物;防备手段;防范措施
    Something that is a hedge against something unpleasant will protect you from its effects.

    e.g. Gold is traditionally a hedge against inflation.
           购买黄金是防范通货膨胀的一种传统手段。

4. 躲闪;回避
    If you hedge, you avoid answering a question or committing yourself to a particular action or decision.

    e.g. They hedged in answering various questions about the operation...
           他们闪烁其词，不愿回答有关此次行动的各种问题。
    e.g. ''I can''t give you an answer now,'' he hedged.
           “我现在不能回答你，”他闪避道。

5. 两面下注以防损失;骑墙
    If you hedge your bets, you reduce the risk of losing a lot by supporting more than one person or thing in a situation where they are opposed to each other.

    e.g. Hawker Siddeley tried to hedge its bets by diversifying into other fields...
           霍克·西德利试图通过在其他领域进行多样化发展来规避风险。
    e.g. Forecasters are hedging their bets about the outcome of this Saturday''s Louisiana governor''s race.
           预测家对本周六路易斯安那州州长竞选的结果骑墙观望，多手下注。

相关词组：hedge about

1. a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

    Synonym: hedgerow

2. an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

    e.g. when you say `maybe'' you are just hedging

    Synonym: hedging

3. any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk
    for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

    Synonym: hedging

1. minimize loss or risk

    e.g. diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks
           hedge your bets

2. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

    e.g. He dodged the issue
           she skirted the problem
           They tend to evade their responsibilities
           he evaded the questions skillfully

    Synonym: fudgeevadeput offcircumventparryeludeskirtdodgeducksidestep

3. enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

    e.g. hedge the property

    Synonym: hedge in

4. hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

    e.g. The animals were hedged in