剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - vague collapse

vague
/veɪg/
adjective
A
* not clearly expressed, known, described or decided
含糊的，不明确的

1. I do have a vague memory of meeting her many years ago.
我确实依稀记得多年前见过她。

2. The patient had complained of vague pains and backache.
患者自述说隐约感到疼痛和背酸。

A
* not clear in shape, or not clearly seen
（轮廓等）模糊的，不清楚的

1. Through the mist I could just make out a vague figure.
透过雾霭，我只能看到一个模糊的身影。

* describes someone who is not able to think clearly, or who, sometimes as a way of hiding what they really think, does not express their opinions clearly
（人）迷糊的，含糊其词的

1. My aunt is incredibly vague - she can never remember where she's left things.
我的姨妈极其迷糊——她老是记不得自己把东西放在甚么地方。

2. Their report is studiously vague (= intentionally not exact) on future economic prospects.
他们的报告故意对未来经济前景含糊其词。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - vague collapse

vague ★★☆☆☆
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词（文字或言语）含糊的，不明确的，不清楚的 If something written or spoken is vague, it does not explain or express things clearly.

  • A lot of the talk was apparently vague and general...

    很多话明显是些含糊的泛泛之论。

  • The description was pretty vague.

    描述相当模糊。

  • ...vague information.

    不明确的信息

vaguely

  • 'I'm not sure,' Liz said vaguely...

    “我不确定，”利兹含糊其词地说。

  • They issued a vaguely worded statement.

    他们发表了一份措辞含混不清的声明。

vagueness

  • ...the vagueness of the language in the text.

    文章语言隐晦

2.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词（记忆或想法）模糊的，不清晰的 If you have a vague memory or idea of something, the memory or idea is not clear.

  • They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available...

    他们只是大概知道可用水的总量。

  • Waite's memory of that first meeting was vague.

    韦特对第一次见面的记忆很模糊。

vaguely

  • Judith could vaguely remember her mother lying on the sofa.

    朱迪丝隐约记得她母亲躺在沙发上的情景。

3.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词含糊其词的;闪烁其词的 If you are vague about something, you deliberately do not tell people much about it.

  • He was vague, however, about just what U.S. forces might actually do...

    然而，他对美军实际可能采取的行动却闪烁其词。

  • Democratic leaders under election pressure tend to respond with vague promises of action...

    民主党领导人在选举压力下往往用一些含糊其词的行动承诺来予以回应。

  • Christopher's answer was deliberately vague.

    克里斯托弗的回答故意模棱两可。

4.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词思维不清的 If you describe someone as vague, you mean that they do not seem to be thinking clearly.

  • She had married a charming but rather vague Englishman...

    她嫁给了一个外表迷人实际却很迷糊的英国人。

  • His eyes were always so vague when he looked at her.

    他看她的眼神总是那么暧昧。

vaguely

  • He looked vaguely around the room as he spoke, his mind elsewhere.

    他边说话边茫然地打量着房间，心不在焉的样子。

vagueness

  • ...a girl wandering in the blissful vagueness of someone in love.

    被幸福冲昏了头脑的热恋中的女孩

5.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词（感觉等）轻微的，隐约的 If something such as a feeling is vague, you experience it only slightly.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

  • He was conscious of that vague feeling of irritation again...

    他再次感到有点儿恼火。

  • He had a vague impression of rain pounding on the packed earth.

    他隐约记得雨点打在坚实地面上的情景。

6.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词（外形或轮廓)模糊的，蒙眬的 A vague shape or outline is not clear and is therefore not easy to see.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

  • He looked at her vague shape through the frosted glass...

    他透过雾蒙蒙的眼镜注视着她模糊的身形。

  • The bus was a vague shape in the distance.

    远处的公交车只是一个模糊的轮廓。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - vague collapse

vague
vague / vei^ / adjective (vaguer, vaguest)
1. not clear in a person's mind
   (思想上)不清楚的,含糊的,不明确的,模糊的:
   to have a vague impression / memory / recollection of sth
   对某事印象/记忆模糊
   They had only a vague idea where the place was.
   他们只是大概知道那个地方的位置。
2. ~ (about sth) not having or giving enough information or details about sth
   不具体的；不详细的；粗略的:
   She's a little vague about her plans for next year.
   她对她明年的计划不怎么明确。
   The politicians made vague promises about tax cuts.
   政界人物的减税承诺言辞含混。
   He was accused of being deliberately vague.
   他被指责为故意含糊其词。
   We had only a vague description of the attacker.
   我们只有那个袭击者的粗略描述。
3. (of a person's behaviour 人的行为) suggesting a lack of clear thought or attention
   茫然的；糊涂的；心不在焉的
   SYN  absent-minded :
   His vague manner concealed a brilliant mind.
   他大智若愚。
4. not having a clear shape
   不清楚的；模糊的；朦胧的
   SYN  indistinct :
   In the darkness they could see the vague outline of a church.
   他们在黑暗中能看到一座教堂的朦胧轮廓。
• vague·ness noun [U]

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - vague collapse

vague adj.

• VERBS be, look, sound ‘Where did you leave it?’ Isobel looked ~. | become, get She seems to be getting rather ~ as she grows older. | remain | leave sth The identity of the city in the novel is deliberately left ~.

• ADVERB extremely, fairly, very, etc. | hopelessly Her directions were hopelessly ~. | a little, slightly, etc. | enough, sufficiently It was a ~ enough suggestion for everyone to be happy with it. | suitably | deliberately, intentionally You're being deliberately ~. | necessarily Since the officers knew little themselves their reassurances were necessarily ~. | notoriously The law is notoriously ~ on this point. | frustratingly

• PREPOSITION about I am ~ about what happened during the rest of the night. | as to I was suitably ~ as to exactly how I had acquired the money. | in The statement was ~ in its wording.

Vague is used with these nouns: allusion, answer, concept, description, feeling, generalization, gesture, hint, hope, idea, impression, language, law, memory, notion, outline, possibility, promise, recollection, reference, semblance, sense, shape, suggestion, suspicion, term, unease, wording

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - vague collapse

vague

adjective

vague ♦︎ approximate ♦︎ rough ♦︎ indeterminate ♦︎ indistinct ♦︎ imprecise ♦︎ ill-defined ♦︎ borderlineThese words all describe sth that is not clear or exact. 这些词均表示模糊的、粗略的、大致的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆vague / imprecise about sth◆a vague / an approximate / a rough idea◆a vague / an imprecise / an ill-defined term◆a vague / an ill-defined concept◆an approximate / a rough calculation / figure / estimate / guide / translation◆very vague / approximate / rough / indistinct / imprecise / ill-defined / borderline◆somewhat vague / indeterminate / indistinct / imprecise / ill-defined◆rather vague / imprecise / ill-defined■ vague veɪg not clear in a person's mind; not having or giving enough information or details about sth （思想上）模糊的，不明确的；不具体的；粗略的◆I have a vague recollection of meeting him when I was a child.我依稀记得小时候曾见过他。◆She's a little vague about her plans for next year.她对自己明年的计划不怎么明确。◆He was accused of being deliberately vague.他被指责故意含糊其词。OPP clear ⇨ sure ▸ vaguely

adverb

◆I can vaguely remember my first day at school.我还依稀记得自己第一天上学的情形。◆a vaguely worded statement措辞含糊的声明■ approximate əˈprɒksɪmət; NAmE əˈprɑːksɪmət (rather formal, especially written) (especially of numbers and amounts) almost correct or accurate, but not completely so; not exact （尤指数字和数量）大约的，近似的，接近的；不确切的◆The cost given is only approximate.所列成本仅为约计。◆Use these figures as an approximate guide in your calculations.你们计算时把这些数字作为近似参考数值。OPP exact ⇨ exact ▸ approximately

adverb

◆The journey took approximately seven hours.旅程大约花了七个小时。◆The two buildings were approximately equal in size.这两座建筑差不多同样大小。■ rough not exact; not including all the details 不确切的；粗略的；大致的◆There were about 20 people there, at a rough guess.那里约计有20人。◆I made a rough sketch of the inside of the church.我画了一幅教堂内部环境的草图。OPP exact ⇨ exact ▸ roughly

adverb

◆We live roughly halfway between here and the coast.我们住的地方大致在这里和海滨中间。◆Roughly speaking, we receive about fifty letters a week on the subject.粗略地说，我们每周收到大约五十封有关这一问题的来信。NOTE 辨析 Approximate or rough? Approximate most often describes the number, amount, cost, etc. of sth, although it can also describe an estimate or idea (but not a 'guess') of the number, amount, cost, etc. Rough can also describe the number, amount or cost of sth, but more often describes an estimate, idea or guess of sth. Rough, but not approximate can be used to describe a piece of writing or drawing. * approximate最常与number、amount、cost等词搭配，表示某物的数目、数量、费用等为约数，但也可与estimate或idea搭配，表示对数目、数量、费用等的估计或大致看法（但不可与guess搭配）。rough也可修饰某物的数目、数量或费用，但更常与estimate、idea或guess搭配。rough可用于修饰文字作品或绘画，approximate则不能◆an approximate draft/sketch of sth ■ indeterminate ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnət; NAmE ˌɪndɪˈtɜːrmɪnət (rather formal, especially written) that cannot be identified easily or exactly 模糊的；不确定的；难以识别的◆Her eyes were an indeterminate colour.难以确定她的眼睛是什么颜色。◆She was a tall woman of indeterminate age.她是个看不出年龄的高大女子。■ indistinct ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt that cannot be seen, heard or remembered clearly 模糊不清的；不清楚的◆an indistinct figure in the distance远处一个朦胧的身影◆His memory of the incident was somewhat indistinct.他对那次事件的记忆有些模糊了。 OPP distinct ⇨ marked ■ imprecise ˌɪmprɪˈsaɪs not accurate; not giving exact details or not making sth clear 不准确的；不精确的；不明确的◆The problems arise from an imprecise definition of terms.这些问题因术语定义不准所致。◆The witness's descriptions were too imprecise to be of any real value.证人的描述太不明确，没有任何实际价值。OPP precise ⇨ exact   see also ambiguous ⇨ misleading ▸ imprecisely

adverb

◆These terms are often used imprecisely.这些术语常常使用得不够准确。■ ˌill-deˈfined (rather formal, disapproving) not clearly described 不清楚的；含混的◆The precise aims of the committee remain ill-defined.委员会的确切目标仍不清楚。■ borderline ˈbɔːdəlaɪn; NAmE ˈbɔːrdərlaɪnnot clearly belonging to a particular condition or group; not clearly acceptable 所属不清的；两可之间的◆In doubtful and borderline cases teachers will take the final decision.在难以定夺的情况下，将由教师作出最终评定。  see also borderline ⇨ limit noun 2

新牛津英语同义词词典 - vague collapse

vague

adjective
1 they could just make out the vague shape of a ship in the mist
INDISTINCT , indefinite, indeterminate, unclear;
HAZY , cloudy, fuzzy, misty, lacking definition, blurred, blurry, out of focus, murky, foggy, faint, shadowy, dim, obscure, nebulous, shapeless, formless, unformed, amorphous; rare nebulose.
-opposite(s): CLEAR, PRECISE.

2 a vague description
IMPRECISE , inexact, rough, approximate, inexplicit, non-specific, loose, ill-defined, generalized, ambiguous, equivocal, hazy, woolly;
SKETCHY , incomplete, inadequate, imperfect; superficial, cursory, perfunctory.

3 I'm a little vague about the details
UNCLEAR , hazy, uncertain, unsure, undecided;
PUZZLED , baffled, mystified, bemused, bewildered, confused, nonplussed; indecisive, irresolute, hesitant, tentative, wavering, vacillating, oscillating, dithering, uncommitted, floating, shilly-shallying, wobbling, ambivalent, in two minds, torn, split; in a quandary, in a dilemma, on the horns of a dilemma, in doubt, doubtful, dubious; informal on the fence, iffy, blowing hot and cold.
-opposite(s): CLEAR, CERTAIN.

4 they had only vague plans
UNCERTAIN , undecided, yet to be decided, unsure, unclear, unsettled, indefinite, indeterminate, unknown, unestablished, unconfirmed, unresolved, unascertained, pending, outstanding, in the balance, up in the air, speculative.
-opposite(s): FIRM.

5 she was so vague in everyday life
ABSENT-MINDED , forgetful, with a mind like a sieve, disorganized, unsystematic, unreliable, undependable; dreamy, inattentive, abstracted, with one's head in the clouds, scatterbrained, feather-brained, feather-headed, birdbrained, empty-headed, erratic, giddy; informal scatty, dizzy, dippy, not with it.
-opposite(s): ORGANIZED, TOGETHER.



AWKWARD SYNONYMS
vague; hazy; indistinct
These words all describe something that is hard to define or understand precisely.
A vague idea or statement is too imprecise to have a single definite interpretation: the allusion to ‘properly conducted’ sports and games is vague. Physical objects are described as
  • vague if their outline is not sharp: a vague, just perceptible shape like a shadow.
    Hazy is applied more often than
  • vague to physical objects that are blurred and hard to perceive distinctly: the coastline stretched away, hazy in the hot sunshine.
  • Hazy memories or ideas can be described in terms of a very general content, but the details are unclear: I have only hazy memories of the magazine.
    Something that is indistinct cannot be clearly focused upon as a separate entity (and so cannot be identified) by the eye or the ear: a banging and shouting, muffled and indistinct. This sense is extended to ideas that cannot be identified and understood: his recollections of his childhood are very indistinct | the line which the law draws is at the very least indistinct.

    • 词源记忆 - vague collapse

    vague 模糊的
    来自拉丁语vagus, 漫游，偏离，引申词义模糊的。