vagueness

1. ADJ-GRADED （文字或言语）含糊的，不明确的，不清楚的
   If something written or spoken is vague, it does not explain or express things clearly.
   1. A lot of the talk was apparently vague and general...
      很多话明显是些含糊的泛泛之论。
   2. The description was pretty vague.
      描述相当模糊。
   3. ...vague information.
      不明确的信息
2. ADJ-GRADED （记忆或想法）模糊的，不清晰的
   If you have a vague memory or idea of something, the memory or idea is not clear.
   1. They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available...
      他们只是大概知道可用水的总量。
   2. Waite's memory of that first meeting was vague.
      韦特对第一次见面的记忆很模糊。
3. ADJ-GRADED 含糊其词的;闪烁其词的
   If you are vague about something, you deliberately do not tell people much about it.
   1. He was vague, however, about just what U.S. forces might actually do...
      然而，他对美军实际可能采取的行动却闪烁其词。
   2. Democratic leaders under election pressure tend to respond with vague promises of action...
      民主党领导人在选举压力下往往用一些含糊其词的行动承诺来予以回应。
   3. Christopher's answer was deliberately vague.
      克里斯托弗的回答故意模棱两可。
4. ADJ-GRADED 思维不清的
   If you describe someone as vague, you mean that they do not seem to be thinking clearly.
   1. She had married a charming but rather vague Englishman...
      她嫁给了一个外表迷人实际却很迷糊的英国人。
   2. His eyes were always so vague when he looked at her.
      他看她的眼神总是那么暧昧。
5. ADJ-GRADED （感觉等）轻微的，隐约的
   If something such as a feeling is vague, you experience it only slightly.
   1. He was conscious of that vague feeling of irritation again...
      他再次感到有点儿恼火。
   2. He had a vague impression of rain pounding on the packed earth.
      他隐约记得雨点打在坚实地面上的情景。
6. ADJ-GRADED （外形或轮廓)模糊的，蒙眬的
   A vague shape or outline is not clear and is therefore not easy to see.
   1. He looked at her vague shape through the frosted glass...
      他透过雾蒙蒙的眼镜注视着她模糊的身形。
   2. The bus was a vague shape in the distance.
      远处的公交车只是一个模糊的轮廓。

1. The technology enables multi-cultural name searches and eliminates vagueness and other inconsistencies in name transliterations.
   它支持多文化姓名搜索，能够消除姓名音译造成的含糊和不一致。
2. As with all business writing, vagueness is the opposite of useful.
   就所有的商业写作而言，模糊性是实用性的对立面。
3. However, little work has been done in the study of vagueness from the perspectives of the Cooperative Principle and the Politeness Principle.
   但是很少有人从合作和礼貌原则的角度来分析外交语言中的模糊现象。
4. So, language is this communal set of rumors spiritualized by its very vagueness and shared quality.
   因此，语言以其模棱两可的特性，营造出这种精神化的谣传的公社氛围。
5. To be sure, most managerial actions do not benefit from vagueness.
   可以肯定，大多数管理措施从含糊其辞中得不到好处。
6. It is not only vagueness, of course, which produces this effect.
   当然，不仅仅是模糊造成了这种效果。
7. Been love, been mistake, simply because shouldn't so vagueness, shadiness only let you suffer all kinds of chagrin.
   我爱了，我错了，只因不该暧昧不清，暧昧只会让人受尽委屈。
8. Our discussion identifies some of the vagueness in organizational life.
   我们讨论弄清了组织生活中的一些不明确现象。
9. In particular, if this is what vagueness is, we would be better of with a language which replaced vague terms with precise ones.
   特别是，如果这是含糊的，我们将更好地与一种语言，它取代了精确的计算，模糊。
10. On the Cultural Factors in the Vagueness of Numbers in English and Chinese
    英汉语言中数字模糊用法的文化因素分析
11. A Study of Vagueness in English Language Teaching from the Perspective of Pragmatic Functions
    英语教学中基于语用功能的模糊语言研究
12. Semantic opacity covers such issues as ambiguity, vagueness and generality.
    语义不明确包括多义（歧义）、模糊与概括（笼统）。
13. Translation and Intercultural Communication& From a Viewpoint of Vagueness of Natural Language and Cultural Difference
    翻译与跨文化交流&从自然语言模糊性和文化差异来看
14. Used in certain contexts, vague language has the feature of pragmatic vagueness.
    模糊语言是一种言语交际现象，在一定语境中具有语用模糊性。
15. Rough set theory is an approach to imprecision, vagueness, and incompleteness in classification analysis and knowledge discovery.
    粗糙集理论在不精确、不确定和不完全信息的分类分析和知识获取中具有突出的优势。
16. The Pragmatic Vagueness and Its Functional Analysis in Chinese and English Advertisements
    中英广告中的语用含糊及其功能分析
17. Vagueness is an inherent feature of language, which is conducive and indispensable to human communication.
    模糊语作为人类语言的本质特征之一，在日常交流中起着积极且不可替代的作用。
18. The reading of pragmatic provides a good defence for referential vagueness.
    语用解读为指称模糊性这种现象提供了一个很好的辩护。
19. Sometimes, vagueness can leave more space for us to imagine, and give us the vague beauty.
    有时，糊涂会给人留下更多想像的空间，给人一分模糊的美丽。
20. Under the guidance of Adaptation Theory, the paper analyses daily conversation in a qualitative way, and studies the production process of pragmatic vagueness.
    本文结合顺应理论，在对日常会话的定性分析基础上，探讨了语用模糊的生成过程。
21. Analyzing Pragmatic Vagueness in Travel Advertisements: An Adaptation-theoretic Approach
    从顺应角度分析旅行广告中的语用模糊
22. The indeterminacy in glosseme level comprises ambiguity, vagueness, fuzziness and generality.
    义位的不确定性包括歧义、含混、模糊和笼统。
23. On stratification of linguistic vagueness under cognitive view
    认知视阈下语言模糊性的层次性考察
24. Prosecutors might hope vagueness will deter, but instead it erodes respect for the law.
    检方也许希望这种模糊能起到威慑作用，但恰恰相反，它反而削弱了人们对法律的尊重。
25. Pragmatic Vagueness as a Strategy in Chinese Verbal Communication
    语用含糊&汉语言语交际中的策略
26. He paused, realizing for the first time the vagueness of his own motives.
    他停了下来，第一次发现自己的动机不明。
27. The vagueness gave her scope and set her free.
    虚无飘渺给了她活动余地，给了她自由。
28. They usually think intrinsically semantic vagueness desecrates sanctity of precise language, especially in meaning.
    通常人们认为语言中内在的语义模糊亵渎了语言，尤其是意义的精确性。
29. They help to bring the overview across and some level of vagueness is allowed.
    这些图表提供了一个整体概览，一定程度的模糊性是允许的。
30. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.
    因此，大部分政治语言不得不由委婉语、词以及绝对含糊的暧昧词组成。

noun

1. indistinctness of shape or character
   1. the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner

2. unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning
   1. the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness
   2. these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey