indeterminate
音标：
英音/ ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnət / 美音/ ˌɪndɪˈtɜːrmɪnət /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Though the FCC has found a clever technical workaround involving calls in “indeterminate jurisdictions” that allows it some leeway, its authority has been in limbo ever since.
尽管联邦通信委员会找到了一种巧妙的技术解决方法，涉及“不确定管辖区”的通话，从而为其留有一定的回旋余地，但自那以后，其权威一直处于不稳定状态。
—Washington Post
In the city of Jilin, a state-owned water services provider sent out a message warning residents that power cuts “of indeterminate lengths, at indeterminate times, without plan, without warning,” would be the norm until March.
在吉林市，一家国有供水服务提供商向居民发出警告，称“不确定时长、不确定时间、没有计划、没有警告”的停电将成为三月份之前的常态。
—Washington Post
A first test failed to pinpoint a blood type, showing signs of both type O and type A. A second test was also indeterminate.
第一次测试未能确定血型，显示出 O 型和 A 型的迹象。第二次测试也不确定。
—Washington Post
基本释意：
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不确定的；模糊的；含混的
同义词：
没有找到同义词
短释义：
It’s important to distinguish indeterminate from undetermined, which means not yet decided. When you buy an antique vase and don’t know when it dates from, you might describe it as of an indeterminate era. If you are traveling and don’t know when you plan to return home, you could say that your return is as yet undetermined.
不确定意味着未知或决定。当某人感染了罕见的胃寄生虫但没有出国旅行时，你可能会说它的起源不确定。
长释义：
It’s important to distinguish indeterminate from undetermined, which means not yet decided. When you buy an antique vase and don’t know when it dates from, you might describe it as of an indeterminate era. If you are traveling and don’t know when you plan to return home, you could say that your return is as yet undetermined.
区分不确定和未确定非常重要，未确定意味着尚未决定。当你买了一个古董花瓶并且不知道它的年代时，你可能会描述它是一个不确定的时代。如果您正在旅行并且不知道计划何时回家，您可以说您的回程尚未确定。
文学例句：
On my way back to the cash register, I stop for a couple Starbursts, a package of Twinkies, and an indeterminate number of GoFast nutrition bars.
在返回收银台的路上，我停下来买了几块 Starbursts、一包 Twinkies 和不确定数量的 GoFast 营养棒。
—Paper Towns by John Green
“Don’t you think we should go . . . ?” “Isn’t it, though? She was in a state for months . . .” her expression flickered, became indeterminate.
“你不觉得我们应该去……吗？” “不是吗？她已经处于这种状态好几个月了……”她的表情闪烁着，变得不确定。
—Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Twenty-five-month-old Colin sat in a high chair, eating a breakfast of indeterminate vegetative origin while his father read the Chicago Tribune across their small kitchen table.
二十五个月大的科林坐在高脚椅上，吃着一份不确定植物来源的早餐，而他的父亲则在厨房的小桌子上阅读《芝加哥论坛报》。
—An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
词源：
indeterminate(adj.)late 14c., from Late Latin indeterminatus “undefined, unlimited,” from in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + determinatus, past participle of determinare “to enclose, bound, set limits to” (see determine). Related: Indeterminately.also from late 14c.
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
indefinate(adj.)late 14c.，来自晚期拉丁语indefineatus“未定义的，无限的”，来自in-“不，相反”（参见in-（1））+ defineatus，决定性的过去分词“包围，束缚，设置限制”（参见确定）。相关：不确定。也是从 14 世纪末开始。
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