knife-edge

常見例句

雙語例句

• Mr Haldane has suggested that these knife-edge dynamics were caused not only by complexity but also—paradoxically—by homogeneity.
  霍爾丹認為這些刀口動態(tài)不僅僅是由于復雜性造成的，同時，還會因為同質性。
• This book was written before the recent knife-edge election in Ghana, a successful exercise in democracy, conducted in the most strained of circumstances.
  此書著于近期加納那場勝負懸于一線間的選舉之前，這是一場在最為緊張的環(huán)境下進行的成功的民主實踐。
• With its future on a knife-edge, GM delivered a blunt warning that unless its creditors accepted the plan, it would declare bankruptcy and leave the courts to carve up the company.
  盡管前途險惡，通用汽車還是傳達出了直白的警告：除非債權人接受這個計劃，否則公司將宣布破產，并將公司交給法院瓜分。

權威例句

• The risk of contagion is ever-present: Spain is in worse shape than before, Italy is on a knife-edge.
  ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
• Until the 1997 general election, this seat was on a knife-edge between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats.
  ECONOMIST: Through the looking glass
• In his frenzied business, where customer loyalty can turn on a knife-edge, you've got to keep selling, selling, selling.
  FORBES: Sell the Sizzle
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