ambiguity

noun

1. 歧义；一语多义
   the state of having more than one possible meaning
   1. Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity.
      释义要写清楚以免产生歧义。
2. 模棱两可的词；含混不清的语句
   a word or statement that can be understood in more than one way
   1. There were several inconsistencies and ambiguities in her speech.
      她的发言有几处前后不一致和含混不清。
3. 模棱两可；不明确
   the state of being difficult to understand or explain because of involving many different aspects
   1. You must understand the ambiguity of my position.
      你必须理解我处的位置不明确。

1. N-VAR 含糊不清；不明确；模棱两可
   If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way.
   1. There is considerable ambiguity about what this part of the agreement actually means.
      协议这一部分的真正含义很不明确。
   2. ...the ambiguities of language.
      语言的模棱两可
2. N-VAR 暧昧;不协调
   If you say that there is an ambiguity in a situation or in someone's character, you mean that it contains several different qualities or attitudes which do not fit well together.
   1. The author's style suggests a certain ambiguity in his moral view.
      该作家的风格表明其道德观有点暧昧不明。

1. There is considerable ambiguity about what this part of the agreement actually means.
   协议这一部分的真正含义很不明确。
2. The author's style suggests a certain ambiguity in his moral view.
   该作家的风格表明其道德观有点暧昧不明。
3. The wording is likely to lead to ambiguity.
   这种措词可能会引出歧义。
4. The quantity of ambiguity and restrictive condition are in the direct ratio.
   歧义的数量与限制条件的数量成正比。
5. To remove the ambiguity, these laws should refer to the velocity and the acceleration of the center of mass.
   要避免含糊，这些定律所指的应当是质心的速度和加速度。
6. The problem stems from the ambiguity.
   这个问题源自于歧义性。
7. When parsing expressions written in infix notation, you need parentheses and precedence rules to remove ambiguity.
   对以中缀表示法书写的表达式进行语法分析时，需要用括号和优先规则排除多义性。
8. Compared with UML1. x, this UML2 modeling ambiguity is new.
   与UML1.x相比较，这个UML2模型歧义是新的。
9. Ambiguity is a well-known problem in IT.
   歧义是IT中的一个著名问题。
10. In case of ambiguity, order of execution is essentially arbitrary ( it uses the order of definition).
    在出现模糊性的情况中，执行顺序是任意的（它使用了定义的顺序）。
11. Globally unique resources reduce ambiguity.
    全球唯一资源减少了歧义。
12. Are you ready for a world of challenge* a world of ambiguity and adventure?
    在这个充满挑战和冒险的世界中，你准备好了吗？
13. This is part of the exquisitess and ambiguity of being human.
    这就是作为人类，平衡和模棱两可的一部分。
14. And here we enter a region of moral ambiguity.
    这里我们进入了一个道德上模棱两可的领域。
15. Syntactic transfer ambiguity disambiguation and target-language generation treatment are two important stages of hybrid Chinese-English machine translation.
    句型转换的消歧和译文生成处理是混合式汉英机器翻译的两个重要阶段。
16. This ambiguity extends to the advanced countries.
    这种暧昧态度扩展到了发达国家。
17. You must also learn to be patient and tolerant of ambiguity.
    你必须学会对含糊不清的表达表现出耐心和宽容。
18. As an important aspect of language learning, ambiguity recognition and processing poses challenges to English majors.
    作为语言学习的重要内容，认识和理解歧义是对英语专业学习者的挑战。
19. Elaboration: Rule elaboration occurs when there is a need to reduce ambiguity and increase communicative clarity or expressiveness.
    当有必要减少歧义或增加交际的明晰性或表达力的时候，就可能出现规则的细化。
20. It uses rule-statistic models to eliminate ambiguity and uses word-weight algorithm to recognize unknown words.
    该文针对小型词库，提出了基于规则统计模型的消歧方法和识别未登录词的词加权算法。
21. This ambiguity in relative status may have affected perceptions of the relationships between Chinese writers and foreign translators.
    这一关系地位的模糊性也许已经影响了中国作家与外国译者对相互关系的看法。
22. Overlapping ambiguity is a major type of ambiguity in Chinese word segmentation.
    交集型分词歧义是汉语自动分词中的主要歧义类型之一。
23. This paper attempts to explicate through exemplification and comparison the thematic diversity and diction ambiguity of the poem.
    本文通过比较例证论述了该诗主题思想的多样性和用词的多样性。
24. What about the relation between English ambiguity and humor language?
    英语模糊语和幽默之间的关系怎样？
25. This passage focuses on the meaning of English ambiguity and its usage in humor language.
    本文集中谈了英语模糊语的意义和幽默的用法。
26. This is in turn related to the ambiguity of its diction.
    这与诗作中多处字话含义的模糊性不无关系。
27. The inherent distance ambiguity of pulse Doppler radar increases the requirement of Doppler filter group to the clutter-suppression ability.
    脉冲多普勒雷达的固有距离模糊，增大了多普勒滤波器组对杂波抑制能力的要求。
28. The telegram was misunderstood because of its ambiguity.
    由于电文意义不明确而造成了误解。
29. I can't go because I cannot continue to endure the ambiguity of his attitude.
    我等不下去了，因为我无法继续忍受他这种暧昧的态度。
30. But in truth all Masonry is full of ambiguity.
    但在真理的所有砌体是充满了含糊不清之处。

noun

1. unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

   Synonym:    equivocalness

2. an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context