cut both ways

英式音标：[kʌt bəuθ weɪz]

美式音标：[kʌt boθ wez]

词汇分类：英语怎么说（词组）,Vocabulary Power workbook Sec1,新加坡AEIS考试Vocabulary Primary1-Sec1,大学英语四六级考试词组直通车,新视野大学英语（第三版）读写教程1,四级词组(强化版)—有本单词书

词义：

v.

对双方起作用，模棱两可；互有利弊；

用法：

双语例句

The plan may cut both ways.
这个计划可能既有利也有弊。

权威例句

Cut Both Ways

Cut both ways

Cutting edges cut both ways

Air pollution and poverty: Does the sword cut both ways?

Dilemmas of Divorce: How Secessionist Identities Cut Both Ways

Double-Edged Swords Cut Both Ways: Law and Legitimacy in the People's Republic of China

1991 data: low interest rates cut both ways for hospitals

South Africa's health. Apartheid cut both ways.

Do Ratings Cut Both Ways? Impact of Bilateral Ratings on Platforms

Economic Cycles Cut Both Ways

造句：

1. But instruments can cut both ways. Lakshmi Iyer of Harvard has used the technique to reveal some unhappy consequences of the Raj that might have made Mr Singh's Oxford audience squirm.

不过工具也能起到了双刃剑的作用，哈佛的拉克希米·伊勒(LakshmiIyer)便利用了工具的这类作用技术的揭示了一些在大英帝国殖民统治下的不愉快后果，辛格的牛津听众们可能会因这些后果而骚动。

youdao

2. I wouldn't accept your help now, but remember it cut both ways - I won't help you again.

我现在不想接受你的帮助了，但记住，这也就是说，我也不会再帮你了。

youdao

3. The decision will inevitably cut both ways.

这个决定不可避免的产生两种结果。

youdao

4. What's clear from this final quote is that the benefits of this new service cut both ways.

在最后这段引言中，我们可以清楚的了解到，这项新服务能使双方均有受益。

youdao

5. He told me that the strategy of finding ways and means to cut cost is a double-edged sword; it cuts both ways.

他告诉我，设法削减成本的策略是一把双刃剑，正反效果都有可能会有。

youdao

6. He told me that the strategy of finding ways and means to cut cost is a double-edged sword; it cuts both ways.

他告诉我，设法削减成本的策略是一把双刃剑，正反效果都有可能会有。

youdao