that can be understood in more than one way; having different meanings 模棱两可的；含混不清的；多义的 Extra ExamplesThe paragraph is rendered ambiguous by the writer's careless use of pronouns. 作者使用代词不严谨致使这个段落的意思含糊不清。 It is for the jury to decide what an ambiguous statement was intended to mean. 模棱两可的说法到底是什么意思要由陪审团来定。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- leave something
- …
- highly
- very
- rather
- …
not clearly stated or defined 不明确的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- leave something
- …
- highly
- very
- rather
- …
opposite unambiguous
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘indistinct, obscure’): from Latin ambiguus ‘doubtful’ (from ambigere ‘waver, go around’, from ambi- ‘both ways’ + agere ‘to drive’) + -ous.