首页indeterminateindeterminate英英释意

indeterminate

英 [,ɪndɪ'tɜːmɪnət] 美['ɪndɪ'tɝmənət]
  • adj. 不确定的;模糊的;含混的

英英释意


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"