Ambiguous

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解释

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• adj. 含糊的
• ［英］ adj. 含糊的 ( not clear; uncertain; vague; obscure)
• ［记］ ambi ( 二) +guous ( 做...的) -> 做二件事的 -> 含糊的
• ［派］ ambiguity ( n. 含糊不清)
• [反] ambiguity <> watershed(n.分水岭)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin ambiguus, from ambigere to be undecided, from ambi- + agere to drive — more at agent
• Date: 1528
• 1.
  • a. doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness eyes of an ambiguous color
  • b. inexplicable
• 2. capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways an ambiguous smilean ambiguous terma deliberately ambiguous reply
• Synonyms: see obscure
• • ambiguously adverb
• • ambiguousness noun

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