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单词 grey area
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grey area
noun[Cusually singular]
(USusuallygray area)
uk
/ˌɡreɪ ˈeə.ri.ə/us
/ˌɡreɪ ˈer.i.ə/
asituationthat is notclearor where therulesare notknown:
灰色地带，灰色区域（指不明朗的形势或规则难界定的领域）
Thedifferencebetweengrossnegligenceandrecklessnessis alegalgreyarea.在法律上，严重过失和鲁莽行事之间的区别尚不好界定。
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(Definition ofgrey areafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrey area

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The phenological observations are related to the aquatic phase (greyarea) and the dry season (horizontal dotted bars).
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Thegreyareasurrounded by a symbol shows the allowable range for the control points to stay within the designated vehicle class.
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There is also thegreyareaof total functions whose totality is not easy to establish.
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Agreyareaor 'zone of disorder' was certainly the existence of mixed-race individuals.
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There is, indeed, agreyareawhere the activities of those perpetrating the violence and those who presumably seek to control them coalesce.
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You have to decide when it is helpful to discuss thisgreyareawith your student.
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There was a hugegreyareabetween absolute truth and the explosive accusation of lying, within which most polite conversation moved.
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There is clearly agreyarea(say, a significance between 1% and 25 %) where the results are suggestive but not conclusive.
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Obviously, this suggests a potentialgreyarea: hearers may not be sure whether either the lower order or the higher order intentions were present.
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But there is also a largegreyareawhere we don't know what to say.
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The manufacture and retailing of condoms and chemical contraceptives has always been agreyarea.
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Thegreyarearepresents the stability region with the top and bottom lines representing the locations of the two feet.
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They occupy thegreyareain which to-infinitival adjuncts melt almost imperceptibly into to-infinitival complements.
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There is, of course, agreyareabetween, the so-called partially restrictive defect, which may or may not become restrictive with time.
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Of course, there is agreyareaand hence the consistent quotation marks.
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