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vague
vg veɪg
Word forms: comparative vaguer, superlative vaguest
1 ADJ-GRADED

(文字或言語)含糊的,不明確的,不清楚的 If something written or spoken is vague, it does not explain or express things clearly. (文字或言語)含糊的,不明確的,不清楚的
  • A lot of the talk was apparently vague and general.

    很多話明顯是些含糊的泛泛之論。

  • The description was pretty vague.

    描述相當模糊。

  • ...vague information.

    不明確的信息

vaguely
  • 'I'm not sure,' Liz said vaguely.

    我不確定,利茲含糊其詞地說。

  • They issued a vaguely worded statement.

    他們發表了一份措辭含混不清的聲明。

vagueness
  • ...the vagueness of the language in the text.

    文章語言隐晦

2 ADJ-GRADED

(記憶或想法)模糊的,不清晰的 If you have a vague memory or idea of something, the memory or idea is not clear. (記憶或想法)模糊的,不清晰的
  • They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available.

    他們只是大概知道可用水的總量。

  • Waite's memory of that first meeting was vague.

    韋特對第一次見面的記憶很模糊。

vaguely
  • Judith could vaguely remember her mother lying on the sofa.

    朱迪絲隐約記得她母親躺在沙發上的情景。

3 ADJ-GRADED

含糊其詞的;閃爍其詞的 If you are vague about something, you deliberately do not tell people much about it. 含糊其詞的;閃爍其詞的
  • He was vague, however, about just what U.S. forces might actually do. [+ about]

    然而,他對美軍實際可能采取的行動卻閃爍其詞。

  • Democratic leaders under election pressure tend to respond with vague promises of action.

    民主黨領導人在選舉壓力下往往用一些含糊其詞的行動承諾來予以回應。

  • Christopher's answer was deliberately vague.

    克裏斯托弗的回答故意模棱兩可。

4 ADJ-GRADED

思維不清的 If you describe someone as vague, you mean that they do not seem to be thinking clearly. 思維不清的
  • She had married a charming but rather vague Englishman.

    她嫁給了一個外表迷人實際卻很迷糊的英國人。

  • His eyes were always so vague when he looked at her.

    他看她的眼神總是那麽暧昧。

vaguely
  • He looked vaguely around the room as he spoke, his mind elsewhere.

    他邊說話邊茫然地打量着房間,心不在焉的樣子。

vagueness
  • ...a girl wandering in the blissful vagueness of someone in love.

    被幸福沖昏了頭腦的熱戀中的女孩

5 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]

(感覺等)輕微的,隐約的 If something such as a feeling is vague, you experience it only slightly. (感覺等)輕微的,隐約的
  • He was conscious of that vague feeling of irritation again.

    他再次感到有點兒惱火。

  • He had a vague impression of rain pounding on the packed earth.

    他隐約記得雨點打在堅實地面上的情景。

6 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]

(外形或輪廓)模糊的,蒙眬的 A vague shape or outline is not clear and is therefore not easy to see. (外形或輪廓)模糊的,蒙眬的
  • He looked at her vague shape through the frosted glass.

    他透過霧蒙蒙的眼鏡注視着她模糊的身形。

  • The bus was a vague shape in the distance.

    遠處的公交車只是一個模糊的輪廓。

SYN indistinct, blurred, unclear, dim
PragmaticsWord PartnershipWord Link
Pragmaticsvagueness
In this dictionary, the label VAGUENESS indicates that you use the word or expression to show lack of certainty. People often use vague language to make statements 'softer', so that what they say does not appear too direct or too strongly stated. Examples of vague language are presumably..., Do you know what I mean?, kind of..., and sort of... .
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ADV.

deliberately vague 1 3

a little vague, rather vague, too vague, very vague 1 2 3 4 5

N.

vague references, vague terms 1 4

vague idea/notion/sense 2

VERB.

have (only) a vague idea/notion/sense of something 2

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