含糊地;模棱两可地;不明确地(指表达或意思可有多种理解方式,让人难以确定具体所指)。
The sign was written ambiguously.
这个标牌写得很含糊。
She answered ambiguously, leaving room for different interpretations and avoiding a clear commitment.
她回答得模棱两可,给不同解读留下空间,并刻意避免明确表态。
/æmˈbɪɡjuəsli/
ambiguously 来自形容词 ambiguous(“模棱两可的”)加副词后缀 -ly(“以……方式”)。ambiguous 源于拉丁语 ambiguus,与 ambigere(“徘徊于两者之间、摇摆不定”)相关,体现“在两种(或多种)解释之间不确定”的核心含义。