爱华网【英语词汇】
vague faintambiguous
obscureopaque
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这组词都可表示“不清楚”、“模糊的”、“含糊的”意思。
vague指语言和文字内容上的不清楚，是explict 的反义词。
1）She isso vague that I can never understand what she is trying tosay.
她说话含含糊糊，我怎么也听不明白她想说些什么。
2）The final letter isvery vague; possibly an R or a K.
最后一个字母很不清楚，可能是R，也可能是K。
3）Because of its vague language, the director sent back thecontract unsigned.
由于合同文字内容模糊,主任没有签署退了回去。
4）Since he was attacked on a dark, misty night, he could give onlya vague
description oftheassailant.
由于他是在一个漆黑、有雾的夜晚遭到袭击,他对袭遭击的描述含糊不清的。
5）One must not be vague on matters of principle.
在原则问题上不能含糊。
6）Now that you remind me of this matter, I have a vagueimpression of it.
这事经你一提醒，我脑子里依稀对这件事有点印象了。
faint指看不清楚、听不清楚，是 distinct 的反义词。faint 由不清楚可引申出对某事物印象
模糊，或声音微弱、希望渺茫等。
1）I can’t read the marks which Jerry made in themargin because they are too
faint.
我看不清杰瑞写标记，它们太淡了。
2）As our ship was drawing closer and closer to the island, thefaint profile of
the distant hills appeared and the passengers on board began tohearten up.
当我们的船越来越靠近小岛,远处的山脉朦胧的轮廓出现在面前了,船上的乘客开始振奋
起来。
3）His voice was sofaint as to be almost inaudible.
他的声音是如此模糊以至于几乎听不到。
4）A faint hopeof finding the missing boy still flickered in herbreast.
能找到丢失孩子的一線微弱的希望在她心中闪动着。
5）Although Andromeda Galaxy is faint for the naked eye, itis one of the farthest
objects which can be seen with the unaided
虽然仙女座大星系晦暗难辨，但它可是人类肉眼所能看见最遥远的天体之一。
ambiguous指文章或讲话中，意思可能有多种理解，模棱两可，令人捉摸不定。
1）This agreement is very ambiguous and open tovarious interpretations
这份协议非常含糊，可以有多种解释。
2）His ambiguous directions misled us; we did not know whichof the two roads to
take.
他模棱两可的指引把我们搞糊涂了，我们不知道该走哪条路了。
3）The sentence isvery ambiguous, which makes the whole paragraph hardto
understand.
这句句子意思模棱两可,使得整个段落都难以理解。
4）Don’t be ambiguous. I need anexplicit reply.
不要模棱两可含糊不清，我要的是明确的答复。
5）The professor'sanswer was ambiguous, which made the students presentfeel
puzzled.
教授的回答模棱两可让在场的学生很是困惑。
obscure基本意思是“暗的”；指因光线不充足而使物体灰暗不清，相当于dim。
作借喻时指因复杂、深奥或含糊而难于理解，引申出“模糊的”、“晦涩的”、“不清楚”、
“难理解的”等意思。
1）The light in the room was so obscure/dim that wecould hardly see anything in
it.
房间里的光线很暗，我们几乎什么都看不见。
2）Can you interpret the meaning of the poem? It is tooobscure to me.
你能解释一下这首诗的吗?它的意义太晦涩了，我理解不了。
3）I don’t think the problem is so simple; there are still somecauses obscure to
us.
我认为这个问题不会那么简单,仍有一些原因我们还搞不明白。
4）May I ask a few more questions aboutthe point? It is little obscure.
关于这一点我可以多问几个问题吗？它有点模糊不清。
opaque基本意思是“不透明的”，是transparent的反义词。与obscure一样，可引申出
“模糊的”、“晦涩的”、“不清楚”、“ 难理解的”等意思。
1）There is a shower with an opaque glass door inthe room.
房间里有一套配有不透明玻璃门的淋浴设备。
2）The once clear mountain stream is now polluted andopaque.
曾经是很清澈的山溪，现在受到污染变得混浊了。
3）The report was written in long, opaquesentences.
报告中的句子又长又难懂。
4）His remarks on the problems was very opaque/obscure.We cannot catch on what
he really means.
他在这个问题上的讲话的非常阴晦,我们不明白他到底是什么意思。
5）He talked much on the problem, buthis real intention remains opaque.
他在这个问题上谈论很多，但他的真正意图仍不清楚。
