模棱两可

[mó léng liǎng kě]

Chinese-English

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Definition:
AllAll,ambiguousambiguous,ambiguityambiguity,cut both wayscut both ways,equivocationequivocation
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
Nixon said little, and what he said was ambiguous-a sure sign to anyone familiar with his methods that he meant to stick with his decision.
尼克松说得很少，说也是模棱两可--任何熟悉他的做法的人都知道这是他决心坚持自己的决定的明确无误的迹象。
ní kè sōng shuō de hěn shǎo , shuō yě shì mó léng liǎng kě - - rèn hé shú xī tā de zuò fǎ de rén dōu zhī dào zhè shì tā jué xīn jiān chí zì jǐ de jué dìng de míng què wú wù de jì xiàng 。
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2.
By keeping your communications implicit and ambiguous, she can figure it out for herself.
通过保持你的通讯含蓄和模棱两可的话，她可以为自己的数字出来。
tōng guò bǎo chí nǐ de tōng xùn hán xù hé mó léng liǎng kě de huà , tā kě yǐ wèi zì jǐ de shù zì chū lái 。
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3.
The agreement would be deliberately ambiguous, allowing China to maintain that it had not recognised Japanese claims.
这一协议应该是有意模棱两可，让中方可以坚称没有认可日本的说法。
zhè yī xié yì yīng gāi shì yǒu yì mó léng liǎng kě , ràng zhōng fāng kě yǐ jiān chēng méi yǒu rèn kě rì běn de shuō fǎ 。
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4.
His ambiguous directions misled us; we did not know which road to take.
他那模棱两可的指点把我们引错了方向；我们不知道该走哪一条路。
tā nà mó léng liǎng kě de zhǐ diǎn bǎ wǒ men yǐn cuò le fāng xiàng ; wǒ men bù zhī dào gāi zǒu nǎ yī tiáo lù 。
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5.
His method was always the same: using high-flown rhetoric and obscure language while dissembling and faking his way through life.
他一直在用同一种方法：一生都靠夸张的花言巧语和模棱两可来掩饰蒙混过关。
tā yì zhí zài yòng tóng yī zhǒng fāng fǎ : yì shēng dōu kào kuā zhāng de huā yán qiǎo yǔ hé mó léng liǎng kě lái yǎn shì méng hùn guò guān 。
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6.
Imagine trying to get a client to pay your invoice and you only get ambiguous responses days after you ask.
想象一下你试着让客户来支付发票，但却在多天后才得到模棱两可的回复。
xiǎng xiàng yí xià nǐ shì zhe ràng kè hù lái zhī fù fā piào , dàn què zài duō tiān hòu cái dé dào mó léng liǎng kě de huí fù 。
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7.
Such examples are unexceptionable, but care should be taken that this usage does not cause ambiguities.
这样的例子是无懈可击的，但应该小心谨慎以使这种用法不致于引起模棱两可。
zhè yàng de lì zǐ shì wú xiè kě jī de , dàn yīng gāi xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn yǐ shǐ zhè zhǒng yòng fǎ bú zhì yú yǐn qǐ mó léng liǎng kě 。
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8.
But since the planets and notches do not come with labels, this has proved to be an elusive conclusion.
但由于这些行星和凹痕并不带有标记，因此这样的推论就显得模棱两可。
dàn yóu yú zhè xiē xíng xīng hé āo hén bìng bù dài yǒu biāo jì , yīn cǐ zhè yàng de tuī lùn jiù xiǎn de mó léng liǎng kě 。
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9.
The questions did not let up. What did Chloe think as we made our way to Trafalgar Square from her office in Bedford Street?
当我们从她在贝福德大街的办公室去鸽子广场时，她在想什么？所有的迹象都是恼人的模棱两可。
dāng wǒ men cóng tā zài bèi fú dé dà jiē de bàn gōng shì qù gē zi guǎng chǎng shí , tā zài xiǎng shén me ? suǒ yǒu de jì xiàng dōu shì nǎo rén de mó léng liǎng kě 。
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10.
The last thing the company needs is a co-founder that is no longer engaged but is hanging around out of guilt or ambiguity.
一个公司最不希望有的就是创始人中有人不再参与事务，却模棱两可地留也不是，走也不是。
yī gè gōng sī zuì bù xī wàng yǒu de jiù shì chuàng shǐ rén zhōng yǒu rén bú zài cān yù shì wù , què mó léng liǎng kě de liú yě bú shì , zǒu yě bú shì 。
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