indefinite
英 [ɪnˈdefɪnət]
美 [ɪnˈdefɪnət]
adj. 无限期的; 期限不定的; 模糊不清的; 不明确的
Collins.1 / BNC.11948 / COCA.13974
同义词辨析
uncertainambiguousarguableequivocalindefinitevague【导航词义：不确定的】
uncertainadj. 不确定的；难预料的
〔辨析〕
指人对某事没有把握的，此时通常作表语；也指某事不明确的。
〔例证〕
I am uncertain when he will come.
我不清楚他什么时候来。
He was uncertain about whether to buy the jacket.
他拿不定主意要不要买那件夹克。
It is uncertain whether she will win first place.
她是否会取得第一名还不太清楚。
His uncertain temper made him have few friends.
他的脾气令人捉摸不透，因而没什么朋友。
我不清楚他什么时候来。
He was uncertain about whether to buy the jacket.
他拿不定主意要不要买那件夹克。
It is uncertain whether she will win first place.
她是否会取得第一名还不太清楚。
His uncertain temper made him have few friends.
他的脾气令人捉摸不透，因而没什么朋友。
ambiguousadj. 模棱两可的，不明确的
〔辨析〕
尤指可以理解为两种或更多意思，因而含糊不清、不明确的。
〔例证〕
The minister's answer was highly ambiguous.
该部长的回答十分模棱两可。
Her role in the incident was ambiguous.
她在那次事件中的角色并不明确。
该部长的回答十分模棱两可。
Her role in the incident was ambiguous.
她在那次事件中的角色并不明确。
arguableadj. 无把握的，有疑问的
〔辨析〕
指不确定某事是否为真实的或准确的。
〔例证〕
Whether or not he can be elected (as) mayor is arguable.
他是否能被选为市长有待商榷。
It is arguable whether the meeting should have been delayed.
这个会议原本是否应该推迟还是个问题。
他是否能被选为市长有待商榷。
It is arguable whether the meeting should have been delayed.
这个会议原本是否应该推迟还是个问题。
equivocaladj. 模棱两可的，含糊的
〔辨析〕
指所给的信息、意见、答复等故意含糊其词的。
〔例证〕
He was rather equivocal about his working experiences.
他谈到他的工作经历时有点含糊其词。
The answers given by the minister were always equivocal.
那位部长的回答总是模棱两可。
他谈到他的工作经历时有点含糊其词。
The answers given by the minister were always equivocal.
那位部长的回答总是模棱两可。
indefiniteadj. 模糊不清的，不明确的
〔辨析〕
指不确定的、不清楚的或没有明确定义或限定的。
〔例证〕
an indefinite number of people
不确定的人数
These terminologies are so indefinite that they are confusing.
这些专门用语很不明确，令人费解。
不确定的人数
These terminologies are so indefinite that they are confusing.
这些专门用语很不明确，令人费解。
vagueadj. 含糊的，不清楚的，不明确的
〔辨析〕
指提供的信息不够详细或表达的意思不够明确的，也指记忆等不清晰的。
〔例证〕
The mayor gave only a vague outline of his employment plan.
市长只是含糊地大致说了一下他的劳动力就业计划。
The two students were vague about why they had been late.
对于为什么迟到，这两名学生含糊其词。
He had a vague recollection that he had put the key in the drawer.
他隐约记得自己把钥匙放在抽屉里了。
市长只是含糊地大致说了一下他的劳动力就业计划。
The two students were vague about why they had been late.
对于为什么迟到，这两名学生含糊其词。
He had a vague recollection that he had put the key in the drawer.
他隐约记得自己把钥匙放在抽屉里了。
牛津词典
adj.
- 无限期的；期限不定的
lasting for a period of time that has no fixed end- She will be away for the indefinite future.
她将离开一段时间，期限不定。
- She will be away for the indefinite future.
- 模糊不清的；不明确的
not clearly defined- an indefinite science
界定不明的科学
- an indefinite science
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 期限不定的;无限期的
If you describe a situation or period asindefinite, you mean that people have not decided when it will end.- The trial was adjourned for an indefinite period.
审判被无限期推迟。 - ...an indefinite strike by government workers.
公务人员的无限期罢工
- The trial was adjourned for an indefinite period.
- ADJ 不明确的;不清楚的
Something that isindefiniteis not exact or clear.- ...at some indefinite time in the future.
在未来的某个时间 - ...a handsome woman of indefinite age.
年龄不明的端庄女子
- ...at some indefinite time in the future.
英英释义
adj
- not decided or not known
- were indefinite about their plans
- plans are indefinite
- vague or not clearly defined or stated
- must you be so indefinite?
- amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges
- he would not answer so indefinite a proposal
双语例句
- Indefinite in time or position.
在时间或者位置上不确定。 - The original plan was to hold an indefinite stoppage
最初的计划是无限期停工。 - Why must we make this statement indefinite?
我们的这个论点为什么必须是不确定的？ - We can't use the indefinite article with this noun.
我们不能在这个名词前用不定冠词。 - We can add-'s to an indefinite pronoun to make a possessive.
我们能在不定代词后加-'s变成所有格。 - This is otherwise known as indefinite leave or settlement.
另外一种说法是可以随时离开和定居。 - An indefinite alteration had come over his whole person and manner.
他整个的人和态度已经有了一种说不出的变化。 - He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period
他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院，要在那里无限期地呆下去。 - I think the present indefinite tense is the easiest tense of all. Do you know what it means?
我想一般现在时是所有时态中最容易的，你知道它的含义吗？ - The past indefinite tense and the past continuous tense.
一般过去时和过去进行时。