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Almost always passive: 'be hedged in'. First the picture: a hedge is a wall of bushes, so a field hedged in is closed on every side. Then the common use, which is the feeling: hedged in by rules, by debts, by other people's plans — you can't move freely. A slightly word; you read it more than you say it.
被團團圍住;(被規定等)綁手綁腳
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hedge inverb
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To enclose or surround (something) with a hedge, trees or other plant life.
- I've been working on hedging in the yard with trees.
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To limit or constrain (someone).
- She was hedged in by her husband's rules.
- It was a promise, but hedged in with so many ifs and buts that I wouldn't rely on it.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。