AMBIGUOUS

[æm`bɪgjʊəs]

двусмысленный

сомнительный; неопределенный, неясный; допускающий двоякое толкование; неоднозначный

полный сомнений, сомневающийся; колеблющийся

ambiguous: translation

▪ be

▪ remain

▪ leave sth, make sth, render sth

▪

The paragraph is rendered ambiguous by the writer's careless use of pronouns.

▪ highly, very

▪ rather, slightly, somewhat

▪ deliberately, intentionally

▪

I suspected that he was being deliberately ambiguous.

▪ morally, sexually

▪

He is portrayed as a dark and somewhat morally ambiguous character.

Ambiguous is used with these nouns: ↑concept, ↑message, ↑reference, ↑term, ↑word, ↑wording

ambiguous: translation

Greek to one, agnostic, amalgamated, ambivalent, amphibious, amphibolic, amphibological, amphibolous, antinomic, beyond understanding, blended, capricious, chancy, changeable, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, confusable, conglomerate, cryptic, dappled, dicey, double-faced, doubtful, doubting, dubious, eclectic, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, equivocatory, erratic, fickle, fifty-fifty, fishy, foggy, half-and-half, hesitant, hesitating, heterogeneous, impenetrable, inarticulate, incalculable, incognizable, incoherent, incomprehensible, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinite, indemonstrable, indeterminate, indiscriminate, indistinct, inscrutable, intricate, ironic, irresolute, jumbled, many-sided, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, misleading, misty, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, multivocal, mysterious, numinous, obscure, opaque, oracular, oxymoronic, paradoxical, past comprehension, patchy, pluralistic, polysemantic, polysemous, problematic, promiscuous, puzzling, questionable, rambling, scrambled, self-contradictory, skeptical, suspect, syncretic, tenebrous, thrown together, touch-and-go, unaccountable, uncertain, unclear, unconfirmable, unconnected, unconvinced, undefined, undependable, undivinable, unfathomable, unforeseeable, unintelligible, unknowable, unpersuaded, unpredictable, unprovable, unreliable, unsearchable, unsettled, unsure, unverifiable, vague, variable, varied, wavering, whimsical

1. двусмысленный

2. неясный, нечёткий; неопределённый; допускающий двоякое толкование; неоднозначный

3. лингв. неоднозначный; омонимичный

ambiguous: translation

ambiguous UK US /æmˈbɪgjuəs/ adjective

► having more than one possible meaning, and therefore likely to cause confusion: »

Many companies are appealing against the ruling, because the wording is ambiguous.

ambiguous [æmˊbɪgjυəs] a

1) двусмы́сленный

2) сомни́тельный; неопределённый, нея́сный

ambiguous: übersetzung

ambiguous adj zweideutig, mehrdeutig; unklar, unbestimmt

ambiguous: translation

adj. [L. ambigere, to wander about]

Vague or doubtful in meaning; having more than a single meaning.

1) двузначный

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