sit on the fence

基本解释

• 保持中立；採取騎牆態度

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• When Jane and Tom argue, it is best to sit on the fence and not make either of them angry.
  儅簡和湯姆爭吵時，最好保持中立，不要忍到其中任何一個人。
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• This will take several weeks rather than days to confirm and will require intermediate term traders to sit on the fence for further evidence.
  目前情況，比起用幾日時間來確認，市場更需要用幾周時間來確認；中期投資者需要更多証明來保持中立。
• He tends to sit on the fence at meetings.
  開會時他往往持觀望態度。

權威例句

• Do you swing with the EAFE or do you sit on the fence between Europe and the Pacific Rim?
  FORBES: Split the EAFE for Better Returns
• Only 16 states have agreed to set up Exchanges, while nearly an equal number have refused to do so and many others sit on the fence.
  FORBES: Should We End the Obamacare Debate?
• But there is no reason to sit on the diplomatic fence.
  ECONOMIST: South American dreams

词组短语

短語

• sit t on the fence 抱騎牆態度
• To sit on the fence 中立;坐觀成敗;騎牆;坐山觀望
• sit on the fence ­ 腳踩兩衹船

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• to delay making a decision

专业释义

新聞學與傳播學

• 腳踩兩衹船