| 词汇 | ambiguity |
| 释义 | ambiguity noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌæm.bɪˈɡjuː.ə.ti/ us /ˌæm.bɪˈɡjuː.ə.t̬i/ C2 (an example of) the fact of something having more than one possible meaning and therefore possibly causing confusion: 模棱两可，意义含糊不清 We wish to remove any ambiguity concerning our demands.对于我们的要求，我们不希望有任何含糊其词的地方。 There are some ambiguities in the legislation.该法规中有一些含混不清的地方。 There is some ambiguity in the Bible story, and it has been interpreted in different ways. The law ought to be tightened to avoid any ambiguity. Is he now saying that he's in favour of going to war? His statement is full of ambiguity. Let me say this, to avoid any ambiguity, - I am not leaving my wife. Be as precise as possible in your answer, so that there is no ambiguity. Difficult to understand abstruse abstrusely ambiguous ambiguously antinomy esoterically fathomless fathomlessly garble get it into your thick headidiom labyrinthine lost non-intuitive obscurely obscurity unreadable verbiage verbosely verbosity wasted on someoneidiom ambiguity | American Dictionaryambiguity noun[ C/U ] us/ˌæm·bɪˈɡjuɪ·t̬i/ a situation or statement that is unclear because it can be understood in more than one way: [ C ]This is a first step toward clarifying things, but there are still many ambiguities. intentional ambiguityliterature Intentional ambiguity is the use of language or images to suggest more than one meaning at the same time, esp. in a poem. ambiguity | Business Englishambiguity noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːəti/uspluralambiguities a situation in which something has more than one possible meaning and may therefore cause confusion, or an example of this: We wish to remove any ambiguity concerning our demands. There are still some ambiguities in the contract. the state of being uncertain: ambiguity about sthYou need to clear up any ambiguity about the agency's fundamental purpose. Examples of ambiguityambiguity Because there are fewer constraints to the parameter values in qualitative modeling, there inevitably exists ambiguity. While purely indefinite examples are hard to come by, verbal gerunds do participate in the ambiguity patterns also found for bare nominal gerunds. It might not be possible to completely automate this process because of ambiguities. Neither editor is at fault, but it is another case where the ambiguity of the notation is lost in the precision of the modern edition. Quantificational notions are instead expressed by nominals, which exhibit systematic ambiguities between weak (indefinite), strong (definite), and predicative interpretations. Whatever the reason for ambiguity, ecologists face the problem of providing a definite classification of species. Of course, for compositional purposes, the ambiguities may be even more interesting, but that is largely beyond the scope of the current paper. A problem with multiparameter type classes is the increased possibilities they introduce for ambiguity in inferred types, impacting their usefulness in many practical situations. Emotional exhaustion related positively to role conflict and ambiguity. If the demands of the task are low and the possible responses are restricted, a typically developing child should be able to overcome any ambiguity. In the reported experimental trials, the environment was altered to cause this type of ambiguity, and a method of resolving it is demonstrated. The idea is to minimise ellipsis and ambiguity, seeking a clear word order which can be more easily 'mapped' from one language to another. The indefinite placing of this period is echoed by the very ambiguity of the character himself. What for academic theorists is doubt and ambiguity, for practising artists is dilemma and anguish. In case of ambiguity, bacterial adherence of a new sample of the cell suspension with bacteria was determined. 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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