| 词汇 | woolliness |
| 释义 | woolliness noun[ U ] (US alsowooliness)uk /ˈwʊl.i.nəs/ us /ˈwʊl.i.nəs/ the fact of being confused and not clear, and not having been considered carefully enough: 糊涂，混乱，模糊 The resolutions have a certain woolliness to them.这些决议有些含糊其辞。 The newspaper was critical of governmental woolliness, urging the prime minister to clarify her position.该报批评政府含糊其辞，敦促首相澄清她的立场。 See woolly It suits the organization to have a degree of woolliness about the rules. Like a lot of what he says, it is high in woolliness and short on precision. The woolliness of the principles that the party published this week would previously have had opponents mocking its superficiality. Confusion, confusing and feeling confused addled all of a doodahidiom all over the placeidiom alphabet soup at seaidiom disarray discombobulation disordered disorganization disorganized muddle muddle something up muddle-headed muddled mush turmoil unaccountable unaccountably unexplainable unexplained Examples of woollinesswoolliness There is a certainly a degree of woolliness in the current usage of transnationalism. It may be that that accounts for some of the woolliness of its recommendations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a woolliness about the processes proposed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a lot of woolliness about the speeches to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the woolliness of the proposals about labour relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I always thought that the last thing that lawyers wanted was precision, because they live on woolliness and imprecision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He kept clear, if he does not mind my saying so—there was a lot of woolliness in his keeping clear, too. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe, as soon as possible, that that indecision and woolliness should be got rid of. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are here faced with a woolliness of law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does it not lead back to woolliness in financial objectives and to their real purpose being lost sight of? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The woolliness of many of the amendments and the arguments in support of them has been painful to listen to at such length. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I deplore all the woolliness that is there as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They suggested a certain amount of woolliness in handling the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She spoke of the unfortunate "woolliness" of the definition as it stands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One then has to measure up those specific instruments against the woolliness of the earlier phrases and the fine words that we can all salute and subscribe to. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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