Ambiguity
[æmbɪ'gjuːɪtɪ] or [,æmbɪ'ɡjuəti]
解释:
(noun.) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.
(noun.) an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context.
克莱奥校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression.
德斯蒙德录入
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Doubtfulness, dubiousness, doubt, uncertainty or equivocalness (as respects the meaning of a single term), AMPHIBOLOGY, indefiniteness, vagueness, obscurity.[2]. Clinch, pun, ambiguous expression, double meaning.
迪莉娅编辑
例句:
- It is the ambiguity of language only which can make this proposition appear either doubtful or paradoxical. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Lily was in fact becoming more and more aware of a certain ambiguity in her situation. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Gerty had tried to veil her failure in tender ambiguities; but Carry, always the soul of candour, put the case squarely to her friend. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
校对:托妮