ill-defined

英 [ˌɪl dɪˈfaɪnd]

美 [ˌɪl dɪˈfaɪnd]

adj.  不清楚的; 含混的; 轮廓不清的; 不明显的

牛津词典

adj.

• 不清楚的；含混的
  not clearly described
  1. an ill-defined role
     不明确的角色
• 轮廓不清的；不明显的
  not clearly marked or easy to see
  1. an ill-defined path
     若隐若现的小径

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不清楚的;不分明的;不确定的
  If you describe something asill-defined, you mean that its exact nature or extent is not as clear as it should be or could be.
  1. ...staff with ill-defined responsibilities.
     职责划分不明确的员工队伍

英英释义

adj

• poorly stated or described
  1. he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts
  Synonym:unclear

双语例句

• Someone once defined design as "the conversion of an ill-defined requirement into a satisfied customer." this is especially true in chemical engineering, and the steps between the two may involve much time and cost millions of dollars.
  有人曾把设计定义成“把一个说得不清楚的需求转化成一个合格的顾客。”化学工程尤其是如此，而且在这二者之间的各个步骤会占用许多时间和大量开支。
• More importantly, the error handling approaches are ill-defined and again vary drastically.
  更重要的是，错误处理方法是模糊不清又变化巨大的。
• Was that an attempt to define an ill-defined enemy?
  那是不是故意对敌人的丑化？
• Note the infiltration of ill-defined glands into the surrounding collagenous stroma.
  值得注意的是不确切的腺向周围胶原间质浸润。
• The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.
  提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。
• Last week's guilty verdict has brought no illumination for foreign companies worried that they too could find themselves violating ill-defined Chinese secrecy laws, writes William MacNamara.
  上周力拓案的有罪判决并没有给外国公司带来任何启示。它们担忧，可能会发现自己也违反了中国定义不明确的保密法。
• Grossly, there are areas of necrosis and collapse of liver lobules seen here as ill-defined areas that are pale yellow.
  肉眼可见坏死区域和肝小叶结构崩解，表现为淡黄色的模糊区域。
• Previous awards, most of them very small, had directly compensated victims but the Dalian case sets a new precedent for a public interest lawsuit& a concept that still remains ill-defined.
  以前，这方面的罚款金额大多很低，是直接赔偿给受害者，而大连这桩案子为公益诉讼确立了一个新的先例&公益诉讼这个概念仍没有明确的定义。
• Acidosis is a common feature of ischemia and is assumed to play a critical role in brain injury, however the mechanism ( s) remain ill-defined.
  酸中毒是缺血的一个常见特征，在脑损伤中起了重要的作用，但其机制仍就未能很好地明确。
• It's true that during this first second a is minus six meters per second squared, but it changes abruptly at this point so it's ill-defined at this point.
  在先前的2秒钟里，加速度的确是每秒-6米，但是在这一点上突然发生了变化，因此这一点很难定义加速度是多少。