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ambiguous adj.模棱两可的；含糊不清的 (1) 他给了我们一个模棱两可的答复。(2) 实际上,你说的那些模棱两可的话等于是拒绝。(3) 她的陈述故意含混不清。(4) 为什么你总是对这个问题含糊不清？ Newspaper headlines can be unintentionally funny when they're ambiguous. In "Squad helps dog bite victim," is the squad helping a victim of a dog bite or helping a dog bite a victim? The ambi- prefix means "both ways," while the guous part is from the Latin verb agere, "to lead or drive." Thus an ambiguous sentence or situation drives us in two different directions at once. The accent is on the second syllable, "big," which you can remember since something that's ambiguous can lead to big misunderstandings.

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英 [æm'bɪɡjuəs] 美 [æm'bɪɡjuəs] (1) He gave us an ambiguous answer .(2) In fact, your ambiguous words amount to a refusal.(3) Her account was deliberately ambiguous.(4) Why are you always so ambiguous about this problem? Look to the adjective ambiguous when you need to describe something that's open to more than one interpretation, like the headline "Squad helps dog bite victim." 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]含糊不清的；不明确的；模棱两可的 If you describe something as ambiguous, 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。ambiguouslyZaire's national conference on democracy ended ambiguously.扎伊尔关于民主的全国大会结束了，但未有结果。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]暧昧不清的；不协调的；捉摸不定的 If you describe something as ambiguous, 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。

英语单词	ambiguous
英美音标	英 [æm'bɪɡjuəs] 美 [æm'bɪɡjuəs]
中文释义	adj.模棱两可的；含糊不清的
英语例句	(1) He gave us an ambiguous answer . (2) In fact, your ambiguous words amount to a refusal. (3) Her account was deliberately ambiguous. (4) Why are you always so ambiguous about this problem?
中文例句	(1) 他给了我们一个模棱两可的答复。 (2) 实际上,你说的那些模棱两可的话等于是拒绝。 (3) 她的陈述故意含混不清。 (4) 为什么你总是对这个问题含糊不清？
vocabulary简明	Look to the adjective ambiguous when you need to describe something that's open to more than one interpretation, like the headline "Squad helps dog bite victim."
vocabulary扩展	Newspaper headlines can be unintentionally funny when they're ambiguous. In "Squad helps dog bite victim," is the squad helping a victim of a dog bite or helping a dog bite a victim? The ambi- prefix means "both ways," while the guous part is from the Latin verb agere, "to lead or drive." Thus an ambiguous sentence or situation drives us in two different directions at once. The accent is on the second syllable, "big," which you can remember since something that's ambiguous can lead to big misunderstandings.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]含糊不清的；不明确的；模棱两可的 If you describe something as ambiguous, 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。 ambiguously Zaire's national conference on democracy ended ambiguously. 扎伊尔关于民主的全国大会结束了，但未有结果。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]暧昧不清的；不协调的；捉摸不定的 If you describe something as ambiguous, 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。

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