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double-edged sword
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌdʌb.əl.edʒd ˈsɔːd/ us /ˌdʌb.əl.edʒd ˈsɔːrd/
something that acts in two ways, often with one negative and one positive effect:
Fame can be a double-edged sword.
The innovation has proved to be a double-edged sword, often as capable of complicating life as it is of simplifying it.
a weapon with a long, metal blade that is sharp at both edges, used especially in the past:
The fresco portrays a knight wielding a double-edged sword.
The archaeologists uncovered a double-edged sword almost 40 centimetres long.
High oil and gas prices have always been a double-edged sword in this country.
The government's programme to grow cash crops for export is a double-edged sword because it has created a local food shortage.政府制定的种植经济作物以出口的计划是一把双刃剑，因为该计划造成了当地粮食短缺。
The unedited and uncensored nature of user-generated content can be a double-edged sword.
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