ambiguous

• adj. 模糊不清的；引起歧义的

1. open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead;

"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"

2. having more than one possible meaning;

"ambiguous words"

"frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"

3. having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns;

"an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"

"ambiguous inkblots"

ambiguous

ambiguous: [16] Ambiguous carries the etymological notion of ‘wandering around uncertainly’. It comes ultimately from the Latin compound verb ambigere, which was formed from the prefix ambi- (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the verb agere ‘drive, lead’ (a prodigious source of English words, including act and agent). From the verb was derived the adjective ambiguus, which was borrowed directly into English. The first to use it seems to have been Sir Thomas More: ‘if it were now doubtful and ambiguous whether the church of Christ were in the right rule of doctrine or not’ A dialogue concerning heresies 1528.
=> act, agent

ambiguous (adj.)

1520s, from Latin ambiguus "having double meaning, shifting, changeable, doubtful," adjective derived from ambigere "to dispute about," literally "to wander," from ambi- "about" (see ambi-) + agere "drive, lead, act" (see act). Sir Thomas More (1528) seems to have first used it in English, but ambiguity dates back to c. 1400. Related: Ambiguously; ambiguousness.

vague, dim, indefinite, obscure, ambiguous, faint

这些形容词均含"不明确的，模糊的"之意。

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。

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。

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。

faint： 指对某事物印象不深，或指声音微弱或希望的渺茫等。

But is this right? Do things get better or worse as we get richer? Here the Stockholm declaration is ambiguous.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Here the Stockholm declaration is ambiguous.

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous and complicated route.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

His role has always been ambiguous.

他的角色一直不明确。

牛津词典

an ambiguously worded agreement

措辞含混的协议

牛津词典

an ambiguous word/term/statement

模棱两可的词 / 用语 / 说法

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Her account was deliberately ambiguous.

她的陈述故意含混不清。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Thinking in categories enables us to categorise phenomena that are essentially ambiguous.

分类思考能够使我们可以将一些本质上含糊的现象进行分类。

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To read or interpret ( ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter ).

解读解读 ( 含混 、 难以理解或无法辨认的东西 )

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Do not have girls around to play what the game is ambiguous.

也别跟身边的女生玩什么暧昧的游戏.

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His remarks were ambiguous.

他的话很含糊.

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Israel has remained ambiguous on the matter over the past nine days.

以色列在过去的九天里保持着暧昧的态度.

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Therefore, we flirt, we are ambiguous, but not to love Forever.

所以, 我们调情, 我们暧昧, 却永远不要相爱.

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What is meant by empty buy rate? Be in our country is an ambiguous stuff.

何谓空置率? 在我国是一个含糊不清的东西.

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Experience with regulatory negotiation has been fairly limited, and the results somewhat ambiguous.

管理式谈判的经验相当有限, 而其结果又多少是模棱两可的.

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His ambiguous reply made her all the more irritated.

他模?两可的回答让她更加恼怒.

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In Frankenstein and Typee, the conflicts between good and evil are ambiguous ones.

善恶在《科学怪人》和《泰比》中的冲突十分模糊.

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This is barrage of other information that is either ambiguous, irrelevant, or contradictory.

这是一大堆含混不清 、 互不相干或彼此矛盾的其他情报.

辞典例句

Ralph gave a mild ambiguous laugh.

拉尔夫露出了暧昧的温和的微笑.

辞典例句

The import of his statement is amBiguous.

他的叙述意思不明确.

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The wording is so ambiguous that it leads to misinterpretations.

措辞晦涩,致使人误解本意.

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Not surprisingly , then, the data are ambiguous about which sort of face women prefer.

然而,不足为奇的是, 女人更喜欢哪种长相的男人,其数据是模棱两可的.

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This sentence is ambiguous in sense.

这个句子意思不清楚.

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Ambiguous, he is not your lover, but he understand and care you than your lover.

暧昧是, 他(她)不是你的情人, 但似乎你的情人更关心你和了解你.

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The sentence is ambiguous in sense, which makes the whole paragraph hard to understand.

这个句子的意思模棱两可, 这使得整个段落都令人费解.

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This is an ambiguous sentence.

这是一个含意不清的句子.

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Many believe the industry, a cable network with the Beijing Commerce and Industry, ambiguous relationship.

诸多业内人士相信, 名索网与北京工商局关系暧昧.

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It's an ambiguous statement.

这是一个含糊不清的说法.

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