Ambiguity
[æmbɪ'gjuːɪtɪ] or [,æmbɪ'ɡjuəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.
(noun.) an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context.
克莱奥校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
德斯蒙德錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
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.
迪莉娅編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- It is the ambiguity of language only which can make this proposition appear either doubtful or paradoxical. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Lily was in fact becoming more and more aware of a certain ambiguity in her situation. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Gerty had tried to veil her failure in tender ambiguities; but Carry, always the soul of candour, put the case squarely to her friend. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
校對:托妮