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Ambiguity Full Man Moral Wrong N Var 可变名词 英

英语单词 ambiguity
英美音标 英 [ˌæmbɪ'ɡjuːəti] 美 [ˌæmbɪ'ɡjuːəti]
中文释义 n.模棱两可;含糊不清
英语例句 (1) This ambiguity may seem paradoxical.
(2) It's a work full of paradox and ambiguity.
(3) This is a poem full of ambiguity.
(4) Her answer was above all ambiguity.
中文例句 (1) 这种模棱两可的说法似乎自相矛盾。
(2) 这部作品充满了似非而是及模棱两可之处。
(3) 这是一首充满模棱两可词句的诗。
(4) 她的回答毫不含糊。
vocabulary简明 Something with ambiguity is unclear. Think about the sentence, "Jill saw the man with binoculars." If you are wondering whether Jill or the man had the binoculars, you are noticing the ambiguity, or the double meaning, of this sentence.
vocabulary扩展 Lawyers word contracts to avoid ambiguity, but in doing so prevent anyone who is not a lawyer from understanding what they have written! If you can't choose between two decisions because both seem somehow wrong, you are dealing with moral ambiguity. Imagine if a friend who has helped you out many times asks you to cheat. It's wrong to cheat but it also seems wrong not to help someone who has been there for you.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-VAR 可变名词]含糊不清;不明确;模棱两可 If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way.
  • There is considerable ambiguity about what this part of the agreement actually means.

    协议这一部分的真正含义很不明确。

  • ...the ambiguities of language.

    语言的模棱两可

2
[N-VAR 可变名词]暧昧;不协调 If you say that there is an ambiguity in a situation or in someone's character, you mean that it contains several different qualities or attitudes which do not fit well together.
  • The author's style suggests a certain ambiguity in his moral view.

    该作家的风格表明其道德观有点暧昧不明。

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