ill-defined a. 不清楚的, 欠明了的
ill-defined[ adj ]
poorly stated or described
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he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts
- In both California and New Jersey, about a quarter of Democratic voters said they were not sure of Dukakis' ideology, less than in earlier races but still an indication he was somewhat ill-defined, said John Brennan, an ABC poll analyst.
- The lender of last resort function consists today of deliberately ill-defined guarantees in return for acceptance of detailed supervision.
- A common preference seems directed toward an ill-defined compromise that would install a government that would be neither Marxist nor committed to Islamic fundamentalism.
- The EC never wanted to force users to waste money, so other protocols are allowed if standards-based products are uneconomic over the life of the system, if the standards are ill-defined or untestable, or if the technology is new and unproven.
- The subject is an issue of public concern; the ill-defined ownership of pension funds is just one aspect of a wider problem.
- In Korea, correspondents, initially urged to censor themselves within the bounds of an ill-defined security and regard for morale, begged for official controls as competition led them into dangerous indiscretions.
- "It's ill-defined," says Mr. Reinhardt.
- Tartikoff's admittedly ill-defined new job will consist of being the "grand architect" of NBC's "big picture," he said.
- Some congressmen, from both parties, are also worried that the US's commitment could turn out to be too broad and ill-defined.
- So far, few such "groupware" products have been brought to market, and buyers have been reluctant to embrace the ill-defined concept.
- Although antibiotics attack bacteria rather than viruses, there are still many doctors willing to prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics to patients with ill-defined symptoms that are almost certainly viral in origin.
- Many pointed to the difficulty of running a business on any other basis in a market still dominated by a state with a strong tradition of bureaucratic corruption. The rules for doing business remain ill-defined.