English Dictionary

hedge one's bets

動詞

慣用表現

(bookmaking) To place bets with a third party in order to offset potential losses. / (idiomatic) To reduce the risk of making a mistake, by keeping one's options open.

日本語の意味

（ブックメイキング）潜在的な損失を相殺するため、第三者との間で賭けを行う行為 / （慣用句）誤りを避けるために、複数の選択肢を残し、リスクを分散させる行動

To hedge one's bets, bettors often place wagers with multiple bookmakers to offset potential losses.

損失を相殺するために第三者（別のブックメーカー）に相殺の賭けをすることで、賭けをする人々はしばしば複数のブックメーカーに賭け金を分散してリスクを減らす。

意味（1）

(bookmaking) To place bets with a third party in order to offset potential losses.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To reduce the risk of making a mistake, by keeping one's options open.

Whether Glass will ever become a mass-market product, and smartglasses take off, is still unclear. Google is hedging its bets, however, with its new Android Wear and smartwatch initiative which is expected to be shown off at Google’s I/O developer conference in San Francisco later this week.

hedges one's bets （ present singular third-person ）

hedging one's bets （ participle present ）

hedged one's bets （ participle past ）

hedged one's bets （ past ）