indeterminate
/ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnət/adjective
1- not certain, known, or established不确定的; 未知的; 不明确的：
the date of manufacture is indeterminate.
制造日期不明。
1.1
- left doubtful; vague仍有疑问的; 含糊不清的：
many felt that the ending rendered the story incomplete, or at least indeterminate.
许多人感到这个结局使得故事不完整, 或至少含糊不清。
1.2
- (of a judicial sentence) such that the convicted person's conduct determines the date of release（司法判决）释放日期由犯人表现决定的, 不定刑期的。
1.3
- Mathematics (of a quantity) having no definite or definable value【数】（量）不（确）定的, 未定元的。
1.4
- Medicine (of a condition) from which a diagnosis of the underlying cause cannot be made【医】（病情）无法确定病因的, 病因不明的：
indeterminate colitis.
无法确定病因的结肠炎。
1.5
- Botany (of a plant shoot) not having all the axes terminating in a flower bud and so producing a shoot of indefinite length【植】总状的。
派生词
indeterminacy
nounindeterminately
adverbindeterminateness
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from late Latin indeterminatus, from in- 'not' + Latin determinatus 'limited, determined' （see DETERMINATE）.