indeterminate

英 [ˌɪndɪ'tɜːmɪnət] 美 [ˌɪn'tɜːrmɪnət]

• adj. 不确定的；含混的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance;

   "of indeterminate age"
   "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"
   "an indeterminate point of law"
   "the influence of environment is indeterminate"
   "an indeterminate future"
   

2. having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex;

   "an indeterminate stem"
   

3. of uncertain or ambiguous nature;

   "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"
   

4. not capable of being determined;

   "the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle"
   

5. not leading to a definite ending or result;

   "an indeterminate campaign"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. I give indeterminate money to poor men.
   我不定量给穷人一些钱。
2. Our holiday plans are still at an indeterminate stage.
   我们的假日计划还没有确定。
3. This is a sort of indeterminate color.
   这是一种说不清的颜色。

经典引文

• All were dressed in indeterminate shades of grey and brown.

  出自： V. Woolf

• A lady of indeterminate age, her hair radiantly ash blonde, her nails scarlet.

  出自： A. Brookner

词汇搭配

• indeterminate state 未知状态
• indeterminate franchise 不定期特许
• indeterminate appropriation 无定额经费分配...
• indeterminate leprosy 未定类麻风
• indeterminate reference [计] 不定引用...
• indeterminate form 未定式,不定式,不定...
• indeterminate segmentation 演型分裂, 不定型卵...
• statically indeterminate 超静定,静不定,静不...
• indeterminate error 未定误差
• indeterminate analysis 不定分析[解析]...
• indeterminate benefits 无法确定受益程度...
• indeterminate sentence 有刑期而未限定的判决...
• indeterminate operator [计] 不定算子...
• indeterminate cleavage 不定裂
• indeterminate fault 不定故障
• indeterminate coefficient 不定系数
• indeterminate frame 超静定刚架

近反义词

【近义词】

• unknown 未知的
• equivocal 模棱两可的
• undetermined 未确定的
• unspecified 未指定的
• unstated 未声明的
• unclassified 未分类的
• undefined 未定义的
• vague 不明确的
• indefinite 模糊的
• unfixed 解脱的
• imprecise 不精确的
• unclear 不清楚的
• uncertain 不确定的

【反义词】

• determinate 确定的