含糊的,不明确的;引起歧义的;有两种或多种意思的;模棱两可
"the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"
同义词:equivocal
"ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
"an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"
这组词都有“模糊”的意思,其区别是:
dima.光线暗淡的,看不清的;记忆力模糊的;不大可能的。
Don't work in dim light.不要在昏暗的光线下工作。
His changes of recovery from illness are dim.他康复的可能性十分渺茫。
uncleara.指句意、字迹不清楚,使人难以看懂;不肯定的。
Unclear writing is difficult to understand.模糊的字迹使人难以辨认。
It is unclear whether the economy will get better.经济是否好转仍不明朗。
vaguea.含混的,不清楚的,多用于比喻意义,用来表示因逻辑关系不清、言辞笼统而导致的意义不清楚,该词也可表示轮廓形状的不清楚和模糊。
He has some vague ideas about what to do, but nothing specific.他大概知道他要做什么,但没有具体的计划。
obscurea.用于表达因光线不足而使人看不清楚。该词的引申意义可以表示语法、文字、记忆等因复杂、深奥、模棱两可而使人看不懂和无法理解。
The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many obscure references.艾兹拉·庞德的诗有时候难以理解,因为诗歌中含有许多令人费解的典故。
ambiguousa.意义含糊的,有歧义的,指因字、词、句有歧义而使人感到模糊不清、难以理解和把握。
His ambiguous directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.他的模棱两可的指导使我们很迷惑以至于我们不知道该走哪条路了。
这组词都有“不明确的,模糊的”的意思,其区别是:
faint指对某事物印象不深,或指声音微弱或希望的渺茫等。
dim侧重指或因光线暗淡,或因年代久远、身体欠佳等因素而产生视觉或察觉方面的困难。
indefinite指无明确定义或限定,重点或总体轮廓不明确。
vague多指因语言不确切,太笼统或因构思含糊、不完善而造成模糊难解。
obscure语气最强,指晦涩难懂。
ambiguous指文章或讲话中,意思可能有多种理解,令人捉摸不定。