释义 |
ambiguity /am'bi gyooh"i tee/, n. , pl. ambiguities. 1. doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner. 2. an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.: a contract free of ambiguities; the ambiguities of modern poetry. [1375-1425; late ME ambiguite < L ambiguitas, equiv. to ambigu(us) AMBIGUOUS + -itas -ITY] Syn. 1. vagueness, deceptiveness. 2. equivocation. Ant. 1. explicitness, clarity. |