词汇 | nebulous |
释义 | nebulous adjective uk /ˈneb.jə.ləs/ us /ˈneb.jə.ləs/ (especially of ideas) not clear and having no form: (尤指想法)模糊不清的,含糊的 She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in the future, but nothing definite.她对自己将来要做什么有些模糊的想法,但都不确定。 Uncertainty amorphous be neither fish nor fowlidiom blurringly blurry circumstantial indeterminacy indeterminate indeterminately insecurely insecurity murky shakiness shallowly slippery spec squishy wavery wifty wishy-washy you never knowidiom Related wordnebulousness nebulous | American Dictionarynebulous adjective us/ˈneb·jə·ləs/ (esp. of ideas) unclear and lacking form; vague: a nebulous concept Examples of nebulousnebulous How could anything so infuriatingly nebulous possibly elucidate egoism or altruism? Beyond these guidelines, the situation was essentially nebulous. The structural approach is avoided since the socio-economic situation has not markedly improved since 2001 and culture is a rather nebulous concept to measure. Suddenly the act of sitting floats into a nebulous network of underground spaces. Such adjectives as too dark, or too nebulous do not help. However, the incorporation of the past in social life is nebulous, inferred rather than examined, let alone understood. Suffice it to say that, particularly initially, many remained "nebulous" because the relationship was "crazy". Qualitative research methods are often more appropriate to the frequently nebulous areas that primary care research must address. The nebulous nature of expectation and practice implicit in such a changing taxonomy implies that any attempt at analysis should be similarly multi-faceted. Chapter 4 is particularly important, dealing with the somewhat nebulous, but crucial, area of inter-personal energy and its role in the teacher+pupil relationship. This is further indication of the primacy it enjoys over the notion of species-typical function and of its superior specificity to that nebulous idea. In both cases the effects of these elections on policy are nebulous in the extreme and largely invisible to voters. Abstract terms are rather more nebulous, as they cannot be directly 'cashed in ' for any particular, determinate ideas. Whichever is the case, the argument continues, welfare analysis relates to somebody like you and me, not to a nebulous collective entity. The authors admit that their subject matter is nebulous and its meanings ambiguous. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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