| 单词 | undefined |
| 释义 | undefined (once / 3677 pages) adj If something is undefined it's not clear, such as your undefined vacation plans. You know you want to go somewhere during the third week of August, but you just don't know where. You can tell just by looking at it that undefined means "not defined." But you might be surprised that the root define comes from the Old French word defenir, meaning "to end, terminate, determine." In this case, define carries the meaning of "determine," but in a sense "end" and "terminate" apply as well. When you define something, that's the end of it — no more wondering. So if something is undefined, it's not yet determined. WORD FAMILYdefined: definedly, ill-defined, undefined+/definable: definably, indefinable, undefinable/define: definable, defined, defines, defining, definition, redefine/defining: definings/definition: definitions/indefinable: indefinably/redefine: redefined, redefines, redefining, redefinition/redefinition: redefinitions/undefinable: undefinably USAGE EXAMPLES"Landscape is obviously a very open-ended and undefined term. "But basically any interaction with nature/green space seems to have some potential. BBC(Nov 25, 2016) So Americans took a risk by electing an inexperienced and largely undefined tough guy. Wall Street Journal(Nov 24, 2016) Mr. Trump said this week that Mr. Kushner could play a key, if undefined, role in efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) adj not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished an undefined term undefined authority some undefined sense of excitement Syn|Ant vague indefinable, undefinable not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words indefinitevague or not clearly defined or stated defined clearly characterized or delimited definiteprecise; explicit and clearly defined |
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