pegging

英 [ˈpeɡɪŋ]

美 [ˈpeɡɪŋ]

v.  用夹子夹住; 用楔子钉住; 使工资、价格等固定于某水平(或与…挂钩); 视为; 看做
peg的现在分词

现在分词：pegging　

经济

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 挂钩；挂钉
  Apegis a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.
  1. His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
     他的工作服挂在厨房里的挂钩上。
• （晾衣用的）衣夹
  Apegis a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 clothespin


• N-COUNT （金属或木制的）销钉，楔子，栓
  Apegis a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to something else.
  1. He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.
     他用木楔子取代钉子制作家具。
  2. ...the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs.
     锤子敲击钢栓的噪音
• VERB 用销钉（或楔子、木栓）固定
  If youpegsomething somewhere orpegitdown, you fix it there with pegs.
  1. ...trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day...
     大风天试图用衣夹把双人床单固定在晾衣绳上
  2. Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.
     用销钉在顶上加固防护网，防止叶子落入。
  3. ...a tent pegged to the ground nearby for the kids.
     用楔子固定在附近地面上供孩子们用的帐篷
• See also:Its currency is pegged to the dollar...UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million...The Bank wants to peg rates at 9%....a pegged European currency.level-pegging
• PHRASE 杀…的威风；挫…的锐气
  If you say that someone shouldbe brought down a pegorbe taken down a peg, you mean that they should be made to realize that they are not so important or wonderful as they think they are.
  1. We thought it was time they were brought down a peg or two...
     我们认为是时候煞煞他们的嚣张气焰了。
  2. We'd have liked to see her taken down a peg, but not this way.
     我们乐意看到她杀威风，但不是用这种方法。
• PHRASE （衣服）非定制的，成品的
  Off-the-pegclothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person.
  1. ...an off-the-peg two-piece suit...
     两件套西服成衣
  2. Instead of dining in top restaurants and wearing expensive suits, he likes to eat hamburgers and buys clothes off the peg.
     比起穿着昂贵的套装到高档饭店吃饭，他更喜欢吃汉堡、买成衣。

in AM, use 美国英语用 off-the-rack


• PHRASE 方枘圆凿；格格不入
  If you describe someone asa square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are in a situation or doing something that does not suit them at all.
  1. Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job — a square peg in a round hole.
     泰勒明显不适合做这项工作——简直就是方枘圆凿。

双语例句

• For the past two decades China's entry into the global economy rested on making cheap labour available to multi-nationals and pegging the renminbi to the dollar.
  过去20年，中国与全球经济的接轨仍停留在为跨国企业提供廉价劳动力、并将人民币汇率与美元挂钩上。
• Pegging the Hong Kong dollar to the Chinese renminbi is another non-starter – only if the renminbi became a convertible currency would this be viable.
  港元与人民币挂钩也不现实&除非人民币成为可兑换货币后才可行。
• They're pegging down their tents.
  他们正在用木桩固定住帐篷。
• These first two conditions mean that the country pegging its currency can adjust rapidly in response to external changes.
  这前两个条件意味着将其货币与他国挂钩的国家，能够进行迅速调整，对外部变化做出反应。
• You're bound m find the answer in the end, just keep pegging away at it.
  最终你一定会找到答案的，只是要继续努力。
• I suppose you are going to college soon? I see you pegging away at your books.
  我想你不久就要上大学了吧？我看见你老在啃书本。
• After four sets and ten games in the final game the two players are still level pegging.
  两位选手经过四轮十场比赛的较量，在最后一场比赛中仍然势均力敌。
• The measure quickly accomplished its goal the European countries stopped pegging their currencies immediately and the Japanese allowed the yen to float a week later.
  该举措很快实现了目标欧洲各国立即取消了固定汇率机制，日本一周后也开始让日元浮动。
• Why is exchange rate pegging the most common mechanism?
  为什么盯住汇率知是最常使用的机制？
• I'd strongly caution against pegging your career trajectory solely to a social media job title.
  我强烈告诫年轻人不要把你的职业路线孤注一掷地寄托于一个社交媒体职位。