ambiguous
英 [æmˈbɪɡjuəs]
美 [æmˈbɪɡjuəs]
adj. 模棱两可的; 含混不清的; 不明确的
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同义词辨析
uncertainambiguousarguableequivocalindefinitevague【导航词义：不确定的】
uncertainadj. 不确定的；难预料的
〔辨析〕
指人对某事没有把握的，此时通常作表语；也指某事不明确的。
〔例证〕
I am uncertain when he will come.
我不清楚他什么时候来。
He was uncertain about whether to buy the jacket.
他拿不定主意要不要买那件夹克。
It is uncertain whether she will win first place.
她是否会取得第一名还不太清楚。
His uncertain temper made him have few friends.
他的脾气令人捉摸不透，因而没什么朋友。
我不清楚他什么时候来。
He was uncertain about whether to buy the jacket.
他拿不定主意要不要买那件夹克。
It is uncertain whether she will win first place.
她是否会取得第一名还不太清楚。
His uncertain temper made him have few friends.
他的脾气令人捉摸不透，因而没什么朋友。
ambiguousadj. 模棱两可的，不明确的
〔辨析〕
尤指可以理解为两种或更多意思，因而含糊不清、不明确的。
〔例证〕
The minister's answer was highly ambiguous.
该部长的回答十分模棱两可。
Her role in the incident was ambiguous.
她在那次事件中的角色并不明确。
该部长的回答十分模棱两可。
Her role in the incident was ambiguous.
她在那次事件中的角色并不明确。
arguableadj. 无把握的，有疑问的
〔辨析〕
指不确定某事是否为真实的或准确的。
〔例证〕
Whether or not he can be elected (as) mayor is arguable.
他是否能被选为市长有待商榷。
It is arguable whether the meeting should have been delayed.
这个会议原本是否应该推迟还是个问题。
他是否能被选为市长有待商榷。
It is arguable whether the meeting should have been delayed.
这个会议原本是否应该推迟还是个问题。
equivocaladj. 模棱两可的，含糊的
〔辨析〕
指所给的信息、意见、答复等故意含糊其词的。
〔例证〕
He was rather equivocal about his working experiences.
他谈到他的工作经历时有点含糊其词。
The answers given by the minister were always equivocal.
那位部长的回答总是模棱两可。
他谈到他的工作经历时有点含糊其词。
The answers given by the minister were always equivocal.
那位部长的回答总是模棱两可。
indefiniteadj. 模糊不清的，不明确的
〔辨析〕
指不确定的、不清楚的或没有明确定义或限定的。
〔例证〕
an indefinite number of people
不确定的人数
These terminologies are so indefinite that they are confusing.
这些专门用语很不明确，令人费解。
不确定的人数
These terminologies are so indefinite that they are confusing.
这些专门用语很不明确，令人费解。
vagueadj. 含糊的，不清楚的，不明确的
〔辨析〕
指提供的信息不够详细或表达的意思不够明确的，也指记忆等不清晰的。
〔例证〕
The mayor gave only a vague outline of his employment plan.
市长只是含糊地大致说了一下他的劳动力就业计划。
The two students were vague about why they had been late.
对于为什么迟到，这两名学生含糊其词。
He had a vague recollection that he had put the key in the drawer.
他隐约记得自己把钥匙放在抽屉里了。
市长只是含糊地大致说了一下他的劳动力就业计划。
The two students were vague about why they had been late.
对于为什么迟到，这两名学生含糊其词。
He had a vague recollection that he had put the key in the drawer.
他隐约记得自己把钥匙放在抽屉里了。
牛津词典
adj.
- 模棱两可的；含混不清的
that can be understood in more than one way; having different meanings- an ambiguous word/term/statement
模棱两可的词 / 用语 / 说法 - Her account was deliberately ambiguous.
她的陈述故意含混不清。
- an ambiguous word/term/statement
- 不明确的
not clearly stated or defined- His role has always been ambiguous.
他的角色一直不明确。
- His role has always been ambiguous.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 含糊不清的;不明确的;模棱两可的
If you describe something asambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.- This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations...
这份协议非常含糊，可以有多种解释。 - The Foreign Secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.
外交大臣的话对本周较早时候发表的一份模棱两可的声明作出了澄清。
- This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations...
- ADJ-GRADED 暧昧不清的；不协调的；捉摸不定的
If you describe something asambiguous, you mean that it contains several different ideas or attitudes that do not fit well together.- Students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world.
学生们对于自己在这个世界上的角色认识模糊不清。
- Students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world.
英英释义
adj
- having more than one possible meaning
- ambiguous words
- frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy
- open to two or more interpretations
- an equivocal statement
- the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates
- the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness
- popularity is an equivocal crown
- an equivocal response to an embarrassing question
- having no intrinsic or objective meaning
- an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference
- ambiguous inkblots
双语例句
- Why are you always so ambiguous about this problem?
为什么你总是对这个问题含糊不清。 - He began to use ambiguous language.
他开始隐约其词起来。 - I am not an ambiguous or elusive type of person – I like to look people in the eye.
我并不是一个不明确或者很难捉摸的人-我喜欢看人的眼睛。 - One primary cause of failures is incomplete, vague, or ambiguous requirements.
失败的一个主要原因是不完整的、含糊的或不明确的需求。 - Intentionally vague or ambiguous.
故意的含糊暧昧不明确。 - He kept making ambiguous remarks instead of straight forward yes-or-no replies.
他连续地讲些模棱两可的话，而不是作出明确的肯定或否定的回答。 - Because, in the ambiguous, I once again have I like people.
因为，在暧昧里，我再一次可以有我喜欢的人。 - He and I are ambiguous between the insincerely.
我和他之间的暧昧都是言不由衷。 - The Foreign Secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.
外交大臣的话对本周较早时候发表的一份模棱两可的声明作出了澄清。 - However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous
然而，这个证据难以令人信服，而且有点模棱两可。