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indeterminate adj.不确定的；含混的 (1) 我不定量给穷人一些钱。(2) 我们的假日计划还没有确定。(3) 这是一种说不清的颜色。 It's important to distinguish indeterminate from undetermined, which means not yet decided. When you buy an antique vase and don't know when it dates from, you might describe it as of an indeterminate era. If you are traveling and don't know when you plan to return home, you could say that your return is as yet undetermined.

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英 [ˌɪndɪ'tɜːmɪnət] 美 [ˌɪn'tɜːrmɪnət] (1) I give indeterminate money to poor men.(2) Our holiday plans are still at an indeterminate stage.(3) This is a sort of indeterminate color. Indeterminate means not known or decided. When someone contracts a rare stomach parasite but has not been traveling internationally, you might say it had indeterminate origins. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不确定的；不明确的；模糊不清的 If something is indeterminate, you cannot say exactly what it is.   [usu ADJ n]Dr Amid was a man of indeterminate age...看不出阿米德博士的具体年龄。I hope to carry on for an indeterminate period.我希望能进行一段时期。

英语单词	indeterminate
英美音标	英 [ˌɪndɪ'tɜːmɪnət] 美 [ˌɪn'tɜːrmɪnət]
中文释义	adj.不确定的；含混的
英语例句	(1) I give indeterminate money to poor men. (2) Our holiday plans are still at an indeterminate stage. (3) This is a sort of indeterminate color.
中文例句	(1) 我不定量给穷人一些钱。 (2) 我们的假日计划还没有确定。 (3) 这是一种说不清的颜色。
vocabulary简明	Indeterminate means not known or decided. When someone contracts a rare stomach parasite but has not been traveling internationally, you might say it had indeterminate origins.
vocabulary扩展	It's important to distinguish indeterminate from undetermined, which means not yet decided. When you buy an antique vase and don't know when it dates from, you might describe it as of an indeterminate era. If you are traveling and don't know when you plan to return home, you could say that your return is as yet undetermined.
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]不确定的；不明确的；模糊不清的 If something is indeterminate, you cannot say exactly what it is. [usu ADJ n] Dr Amid was a man of indeterminate age... 看不出阿米德博士的具体年龄。 I hope to carry on for an indeterminate period. 我希望能进行一段时期。

Indeterminate I Means Decided Traveling Undetermined Return 英