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unclear
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🇺🇸 /ʌnklˈɪɹ/
unclear 主要表示“含义、界限或视觉效果不清楚”,也可表示人对某事没有把握;作动词时是罕见的“取消清除状态”。
💡 记忆钩子
把 unclear 想成一团看不清的雾:话被雾遮住,就可能有多种解释或没有明确界限;字被雾遮住,就难以看清;人被雾遮住思路,就会对事情不确定。
📝 学习建议
- 不要把 unclear 只理解成“看不清”;它更常用于“意思、规定或情况不明确”。
- 表示“我不明白某事”时,常说 I’m unclear about...,而不是直接把 unclear 当作“我不懂”。
📖 中文释义
adj
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core 含义模糊,有歧义📖 一句话或一个行为没有清楚到只能有一种理解,因此听者可能产生不同解释。这里的“雾”在表达本身上,重点是意思不明确。💡 常用结构是 an unclear statement/comment/message 或 The meaning is unclear。它适合指出表达存在歧义,但语气通常比直接说“错了”更温和。不要把它只用于听不见或看不见的情况。His answer was unclear, so I asked him to explain it again.他的回答含义不清,所以我请他再解释一遍。The message was unclear and could be understood in two ways.这条信息含义模糊,可以有两种理解。
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core 未明确规定或界定📖 规则、计划、责任或界限没有被清楚地说定,像雾中的边界一样让人无法确定具体要求。💡 常用结构是 the rules/details/plan are unclear,或 It is unclear whether...。它强调规定或事实本身没有明确说明,不一定表示说话人个人没听懂。描述正式文件时也很常见。The instructions are unclear about who should sign the form.说明没有明确规定谁应该在表格上签字。
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common 看不清或读不清📖 文字、图像或远处的东西不够清晰,眼睛难以辨认;这里的雾直接遮住了视觉内容。💡 常用结构是 the writing/image/sign is unclear,或 something is unclear from a distance。它可以表示字迹难辨、图像模糊,但谈照片或画面时也常根据语境改用更具体的词。不要把它理解成物体本身不存在。The small print is unclear on my phone screen.手机屏幕上的小字看不清。
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core 心里没把握,不确定📖 人的想法被雾遮住了,还没有弄清某事的意义、事实或下一步该怎么做,因此心里没有把握。💡 常用结构是 be unclear about something、be unclear on something,或 be unclear what/why/how...。主语通常是人,也可以用 It is unclear 表示事情本身尚不确定。不要说 unclear to do 来表达“不会做”;那通常需要换成别的表达。I’m still unclear about what the manager wants me to do.我仍然不确定经理想让我做什么。She was unclear about whether the meeting had been canceled.她不确定会议是否已经取消。
unclearer
comparative
more unclear
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unclearest
superlative
most unclear
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verb
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rare 取消清除状态📖 指把已经清除、标记为已处理或从列表中移除的状态撤销,使相关项目恢复到清除前的状态。💡 通常用于系统、数据库或操作记录中,常见模式是 unclear an item 或 unclearing and deleting activities。这个用法非常少见,学习时先掌握形容词用法,不要在普通对话中用它代替“说得不清楚”。rare transitive
unclears
present,singular,third-person
unclearing
participle,present
uncleared
participle,past
uncleared
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 3 组
not clear to the mind;
同义词集:
unclear
the law itself was unclear on that point
the reason for their actions is unclear to this day
反义: clear
近似: amorphous, blurred, clouded, confusing, obscure, perplexing, puzzling, vague
参见: ambiguous, incomprehensible, indefinite, indistinct, opaque, uncomprehensible
poorly stated or described
同义词集:
ill-defined
unclear
he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts
反义: clear, well-defined
not easily deciphered
同义词集:
indecipherable
unclear
undecipherable
unreadable
indecipherable handwriting
🌳 词源
来自中古英语 unclere,由否定前缀 un- 加 clear 构成,核心就是“不是清楚的”。
From Middle English unclere, equivalent to un- + clear. Compare Saterland Frisian uunkloor (“unclear”), West Frisian ûnklear (“inoperative, broken”), Dutch onklaar (“out of order, defective, broken”), German unklar (“unclear”), Danish uklar (“unclear”), Swedish oklar (“unclear”).
🔄 变式
more unclear
compar
most unclear
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uncleared
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unclearer
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unclearest
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unclearing
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unclears
present
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