| 释义 |
- (of a situation, etc.) in a difficult or dangerous situation in which a very small change can cause somebody/something to succeed or fail 处于紧要关头；结果难料
- The economy is balanced on a knife-edge.经济形势尚不明朗。
Topics Successc2, Difficulty and failurec2 - (of a person) very worried or anxious about the result of something十分焦虑；急于知道结果
- He’s living on a knife-edge, waiting for the test results.他生活在刀刃上，等待测试结果。
See also knife-edge |