cutting edge

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ˌcutting ˈedge noun

1 the cutting edge (of something) the newest and most exciting stage in the development of something 〔某事物发展的〕尖端，最前沿

at the cutting edge (of something)

research that’s at the cutting edge of genetic science

处于基因科学最尖端的研究

The deck represents the cutting edge in CD reproduction.

这种录音装置代表了激光唱片复制的最尖端科技。

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the cutting edge (of something)• Settlement houses and settlement house workers were at the cutting edge of social change.• But the cutting edge doesn't come cheap.• As president of a modeling agency, Page Parkes follows the cutting edge.• The decade's retreat from the cutting edge is certainly in evidence.• Amazingly, he accomplished that while dancing on the cutting edge.• In fact, this white-owned company was often on the cutting edge of new directions.

2 [singular] an advantage over other people or things 优势，有利方面

The team are relying on Gregg to give them a cutting edge.

球队仰仗格雷格给他们带来优势。

—cutting-edge adjectiveadj

cutting-edge scientific discoveries

最尖端的科学发现

Examples from the Corpus

cutting edge• Each at the cutting edge of possibility within its own historical context, each a breakthrough in the standards of its day.• However, it all boils down to execution at the cutting edge.• Settlement houses and settlement house workers were at the cutting edge of social change.• But the cutting edge doesn't come cheap.• But this is the cutting edge of labor.• However, we now understand that the imagery of the cutting edge is so much stronger and powerful than we believed.

give ... a cutting edge• Badly blunted blades can also be finished on this before being given a new cutting edge on the honing wheel.

From Longman Business Dictionary

cutting edgeˌcutting ˈedge noun [countableC]

if a company or its work is at the cutting edge of an activity, they are working in the most advanced area of it, using the newest methods, systems, equipment etc

cutting edge of

The scientific and engineering skills which we have developed are at the cutting edge of nuclear technology.

—cutting-edge adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

exciting, cutting-edge media projects

ˌcutting ˈedge noun

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