ambiguous

adj.

1. 模棱两可的；含混不清的
   that can be understood in more than one way; having different meanings
   1. an ambiguous word/term/statement
      模棱两可的词 / 用语 / 说法
   2. Her account was deliberately ambiguous.
      她的陈述故意含混不清。
2. 不明确的
   not clearly stated or defined
   1. His role has always been ambiguous.
      他的角色一直不明确。

1. ADJ-GRADED 含糊不清的;不明确的;模棱两可的
   If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.
   1. This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations...
      这份协议非常含糊，可以有多种解释。
   2. The Foreign Secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.
      外交大臣的话对本周较早时候发表的一份模棱两可的声明作出了澄清。
2. ADJ-GRADED 暧昧不清的；不协调的；捉摸不定的
   If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it contains several different ideas or attitudes that do not fit well together.
   1. Students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world.
      学生们对于自己在这个世界上的角色认识模糊不清。

1. This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations
   这份协议非常含糊，可以有多种解释。
2. The Foreign Secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.
   外交大臣的话对本周较早时候发表的一份模棱两可的声明作出了澄清。
3. Students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world.
   学生们对于自己在这个世界上的角色认识模糊不清。
4. The manifesto is long-winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted
   宣言长篇大论，内容叠床架屋，词句常常含混不清或不知所云。
5. However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous
   然而，这个证据难以令人信服，而且有点模棱两可。
6. His answer was ambiguous.
   他的答复是含糊的。
7. The wording is so ambiguous that it leads to misinterpretations.
   措辞晦涩，致使人误解本意。
8. Can ambiguous feeling also have so horrible?
   暧昧的感觉也会有那么恐怖吗？
9. The moderates, on the other hand, have left an ambiguous and, in the end, harmful legacy.
   而温和派们则始终态度含糊，最终，遗患无穷。
10. He kept making ambiguous remarks instead of straight forward yes-or-no replies.
    他连续地讲些模棱两可的话，而不是作出明确的肯定或否定的回答。
11. He began to use ambiguous language.
    他开始隐约其词起来。
12. Another issue is that natural language is often very ambiguous.
    另一个问题是自然语言常常非常不明确。
13. One primary cause of failures is incomplete, vague, or ambiguous requirements.
    失败的一个主要原因是不完整的、含糊的或不明确的需求。
14. The words extremely and numerous are open to broad interpretation& so this requirement is ambiguous.
    多个和极其这样的词有多种解释，所以这一需求是有二义性的。
15. Were you frightened by the initial ambiguous threats that North Korea made?
    北朝鲜一开始做出了模糊的威胁，你们害怕了吗？
16. Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language.
    用含糊的不明确的语言来歪曲事实。
17. The relation sources refer to the semantic relation of syntax which causes the ambiguous meanings in the ambiguous structure.
    句式意义&句法与语义关系的若干理论问题关系源指歧义结构中引发歧义的句法语义关系。
18. Because or is an ambiguous word in English it can mean either or, it can mean not both.
    因为或者在英语中是一个模棱两可的词，意思可能是或者，也有可能不是全部。
19. A sentence of a grammar is ambiguous if there exists two syntax trees for it.
    如果一文法的句子存在两个语法树，那么该句子是二义性的。
20. The government has been ambiguous on this issue.
    政府在这一问题上模棱两可。
21. Why are you always so ambiguous about this problem?
    为什么你总是对这个问题含糊不清。
22. Once taken out of the content, the sentence is ambiguous.
    一旦脱离了上下文，这句子的意思就含糊不清了。
23. His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.
    他对我问题的回答有些含糊。
24. This sentence is ambiguous in sense.
    这句子有含糊笼统的感觉。
25. Intentionally vague or ambiguous.
    故意的含糊暧昧不明确。
26. Because, in the ambiguous, I once again have I like people.
    因为，在暧昧里，我再一次可以有我喜欢的人。
27. It's a system of signs that enables us to categorise phenomena that are essentially ambiguous.
    那是一个符号系统是我们能将本质上不明确的现象加以分类。
28. I refused all ambiguous, just waiting for you for an uncertain future.
    我拒绝了所有人的暧昧，只为等你的一个不确定的未来。
29. I am not an ambiguous or elusive type of person – I like to look people in the eye.
    我并不是一个不明确或者很难捉摸的人-我喜欢看人的眼睛。
30. He and I are ambiguous between the insincerely.
    我和他之间的暧昧都是言不由衷。

  uncertain ambiguous arguable equivocal indefinite vague【导航词义：不确定的】

  uncertain adj. 不确定的；难预料的

〔辨析〕指人对某事没有把握的，此时通常作表语；也指某事不明确的。

  ambiguous adj. 模棱两可的，不明确的

〔辨析〕尤指可以理解为两种或更多意思，因而含糊不清、不明确的。

  arguable adj. 无把握的，有疑问的

〔辨析〕指不确定某事是否为真实的或准确的。

  equivocal adj. 模棱两可的，含糊的

〔辨析〕指所给的信息、意见、答复等故意含糊其词的。

  indefinite adj. 模糊不清的，不明确的

〔辨析〕指不确定的、不清楚的或没有明确定义或限定的。

  vague adj. 含糊的，不清楚的，不明确的

〔辨析〕指提供的信息不够详细或表达的意思不够明确的，也指记忆等不清晰的。

adj

1. having more than one possible meaning
   1. ambiguous words
   2. frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy

2. open to two or more interpretations
   1. an equivocal statement
   2. the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates
   3. the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness
   4. popularity is an equivocal crown
   5. an equivocal response to an embarrassing question

   Synonym:    equivocal

3. having no intrinsic or objective meaning
   1. an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference
   2. ambiguous inkblots