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足尖；腳趾
Your toes are the five movable parts at the end of each foot.
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(鞋、襪的)足尖部
The toe of a shoe or sock is the part that covers the end of your foot.
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PHRASE
稍加嘗試;謹慎嘗試
If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
例句
This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets...
這可能會促使黃金交易商謹慎地嘗試重返市場。
Universities are dipping their toes in the waters of management education.
各大學正開始嘗試進入管理教育領域。
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PHRASE
使保持警覺
If you say that someone or something keeps you on your toes, you mean that they cause you to remain alert and ready for anything that might happen.
例句
His fiery campaign rhetoric has kept opposition parties on their toes for months.
他激烈的競選言辭使反對黨派一連幾個月都保持警覺。
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PHRASE
聽從;服從
If you toe the line, you behave in the way that people in authority expect you to.
例句
...attempts to persuade the rebel members to toe the line...
說服叛亂分子順從政府的努力
He's one of the politicians that wouldn't toe the party line.
他是不肯服從政黨路線的幾個政客之一。
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PHRASE
觸犯;得罪
If you tread on someone's toes, you offend them by criticizing the way that they do something or by interfering in their affairs.
例句
I must be careful not to tread on their toes. My job is to challenge, but not threaten them.
我必須小心謹慎，不能得罪他們。我的工作是挑戰他們，而不是威脅他們。