ambiguous
/ˌæmˈbɪgjʊəs/adjective
1- (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning(语言)可作多种解释的; 有歧义的:
the question is rather ambiguous
这问题很模棱两可
ambiguous phrases.
有歧义的词组。
1.1
- not clear or decided不明朗的; 不确定的:
the election result was ambiguous.
选举结果尚不明朗。
派生词
ambiguously
adverbambiguousness
noun词源
early 16th cent. (in the sense 'indistinct, obscure'): from Latin ambiguus 'doubtful' (from ambigere 'waver, go around', from ambi- 'both ways' + agere 'to drive') + -OUS.