a double-edged sword

基本解釋

But consumption, for people of faith, is a double-edged sword.
但對自由市場的信仰者而言，消費(fèi)是把雙刃劍。
Relatives and close friends can be a double-edged sword, Mr Shoebridge says.
親屬和親密的朋友可能是一把雙刃劍，肖布里奇先生說。
This is why dealing with obsolete electronics is very much a double-edged sword.
這就是為什么處理過時(shí)的電子設(shè)備是一把雙刃劍。

So control of these international highways brought a great deal of wealth to the area, but the central location was a double-edged sword, because in times of peace it would bring prosperity, but, of course, in times of war the land was perpetually invaded as armies would crisscross the land going off to do battle with the great powers.
對這些國際要道的控制,給這個(gè)地區(qū)帶來了大量的財(cái)富，但這處于中心的地理位置也如同一把雙刃劍，因?yàn)樵诤推綍r(shí)期它帶來繁榮，但，在戰(zhàn)亂時(shí)期，這塊土地常常被侵略,當(dāng)軍隊(duì)在此刀刃相交,或者經(jīng)過與強(qiáng)國征戰(zhàn)。
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