记忆方法
将“ambiguous”拆分为“am”和“biguous”，想象有人（am）很大（big）的疑惑（uous），表示这个单词描述的是表达或情况含糊不清，难以理解。
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词族 · ambiguous
派生词
英语词源
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ambiguous: [16] Ambiguous carries the etymological notion of ‘wandering around uncertainly’. It comes ultimately from the Latin compound verb ambigere, which was formed from the prefix ambi- (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the verb agere ‘drive, lead’ (a prodigious source of English words, including act and agent). From the verb was derived the adjective ambiguus, which was borrowed directly into English. The first to use it seems to have been Sir Thomas More: ‘if it were now doubtful and ambiguous whether the church of Christ were in the right rule of doctrine or not’ A dialogue concerning heresies 1528.
=> act, agent - ambiguous (adj.)
- 1520s, from Latin ambiguus "having double meaning, shifting, changeable, doubtful," adjective derived from ambigere "to dispute about," literally "to wander," from ambi- "about" (see ambi-) + agere "drive, lead, act" (see act). Sir Thomas More (1528) seems to have first used it in English, but ambiguity dates back to c. 1400. Related: Ambiguously; ambiguousness.
权威例句
- 1. The manifesto is long-winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted.
- 这份声明冗长繁复，多处存在歧义或行文拙劣。
- 2. This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations.
- 这份协议非常含糊，可以有多种解释。
- 3. However, the evidence is thin and, to some extent, ambiguous.
- 然而，这个证据难以令人信服，而且有点模棱两可。
- 4. Students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world.
- 学生们对于自己在这个世界上的角色认识模糊不清。
- 5. The Foreign Secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.
- 外交大臣的话对本周较早时候发表的一份模棱两可的声明作出了澄清。
词语辨析
【faint, dim, indefinite, vague, obscure, ambiguous】
这组词都有“不明确的，模糊的”的意思，其区别是：
faint: 指对某事物印象不深，或指声音微弱或希望的渺茫等。
dim: 侧重指或因光线暗淡，或因年代久远、身体欠佳等因素而产生视觉或察觉方面的困难。
indefinite: 指无明确定义或限定，重点或总体轮廓不明确。
vague: 多指因语言不确切，太笼统或因构思含糊、不完善而造成模糊难解。
obscure: 语气最强，指晦涩难懂。
ambiguous: 指文章或讲话中，意思可能有多种理解，令人捉摸不定。
【dim, unclear, vague, obscure, ambiguous】
这组词都有“模糊”的意思，其区别是：
dim: a.光线暗淡的，看不清的；记忆力模糊的；不大可能的。
• Don't work in dim light. 不要在昏暗的光线下工作。
• His changes of recovery from illness are dim. 他康复的可能性十分渺茫。
unclear: a.指句意、字迹不清楚，使人难以看懂；不肯定的。
• Unclear writing is difficult to understand. 模糊的字迹使人难以辨认。
• It is unclear whether the economy will get better. 经济是否好转仍不明朗。
vague: a.含混的，不清楚的，多用于比喻意义，用来表示因逻辑关系不清、言辞笼统而导致的意义不清楚，该词也可表示轮廓形状的不清楚和模糊。
• He has some vague ideas about what to do, but nothing specific. 他大概知道他要做什么，但没有具体的计划。
obscure: a.用于表达因光线不足而使人看不清楚。该词的引申意义可以表示语法、文字、记忆等因复杂、深奥、模棱两可而使人看不懂和无法理解。
• The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many obscure references. 艾兹拉·庞德的诗有时候难以理解，因为诗歌中含有许多令人费解的典故。
ambiguous: a.意义含糊的，有歧义的，指因字、词、句有歧义而使人感到模糊不清、难以理解和把握。
• His ambiguous directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take. 他的模棱两可的指导使我们很迷惑以至于我们不知道该走哪条路了。
这组词都有“不明确的，模糊的”的意思，其区别是：
faint: 指对某事物印象不深，或指声音微弱或希望的渺茫等。
dim: 侧重指或因光线暗淡，或因年代久远、身体欠佳等因素而产生视觉或察觉方面的困难。
indefinite: 指无明确定义或限定，重点或总体轮廓不明确。
vague: 多指因语言不确切，太笼统或因构思含糊、不完善而造成模糊难解。
obscure: 语气最强，指晦涩难懂。
ambiguous: 指文章或讲话中，意思可能有多种理解，令人捉摸不定。
【dim, unclear, vague, obscure, ambiguous】
这组词都有“模糊”的意思，其区别是：
dim: a.光线暗淡的，看不清的；记忆力模糊的；不大可能的。
• Don't work in dim light. 不要在昏暗的光线下工作。
• His changes of recovery from illness are dim. 他康复的可能性十分渺茫。
unclear: a.指句意、字迹不清楚，使人难以看懂；不肯定的。
• Unclear writing is difficult to understand. 模糊的字迹使人难以辨认。
• It is unclear whether the economy will get better. 经济是否好转仍不明朗。
vague: a.含混的，不清楚的，多用于比喻意义，用来表示因逻辑关系不清、言辞笼统而导致的意义不清楚，该词也可表示轮廓形状的不清楚和模糊。
• He has some vague ideas about what to do, but nothing specific. 他大概知道他要做什么，但没有具体的计划。
obscure: a.用于表达因光线不足而使人看不清楚。该词的引申意义可以表示语法、文字、记忆等因复杂、深奥、模棱两可而使人看不懂和无法理解。
• The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many obscure references. 艾兹拉·庞德的诗有时候难以理解，因为诗歌中含有许多令人费解的典故。
ambiguous: a.意义含糊的，有歧义的，指因字、词、句有歧义而使人感到模糊不清、难以理解和把握。
• His ambiguous directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take. 他的模棱两可的指导使我们很迷惑以至于我们不知道该走哪条路了。