nebulous

[英] [ˈnebjələs] [美] [ˈnɛbjələs] 生词本

adj.

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  • 英英释义

1. ADJ-GRADED 模糊的;蒙的 If you describe something as nebulous, you mean that it is vague and not clearly defined or not easy to describe. 
  • The notions we children were able to form of the great world beyond were exceedingly nebulous...

    我们这些孩子所能形成的对外部世界的认识是非常模糊的。

  • Music is such a nebulous thing.

    音乐是如此蒙之物。

Adjective

1. lacking definite form or limits;

  • "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore
  • "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"

2. lacking definition or definite content;

  • "nebulous reasons"
  • "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen