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ambiguousness

/am-big-yoo-uhs/US // æmˈbɪg yu əs //UK // (æmˈbɪɡjʊəs) //

暧昧性,模糊性,模棱两可,含糊不清

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
    • : Linguistics. exhibiting constructional homonymity; having two or more structural descriptions, as the sequence Flying planes can be dangerous.
    • : of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: a rock of ambiguous character.
    • : lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct: an ambiguous shape;an ambiguous future.

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Examples

  • A nameless ecstacy thrilled through my frame when any new proof occurred that the ambiguousness of my behaviour was the cause.

  • I have tried to render approximately the ambiguousness of the original.

  • Let the ambiguous procession of events reveal their own ambiguousness.

  • Of course he would see to it that not a shadow of ambiguousness was allowed to rest on such a name.