ambiguity

曖昧さ、多義性

複数の意味に取れること、または意味がはっきりしないこと。

やさしい英語で： The quality of having more than one possible meaning or being unclear.

• Clear instructions prevent ambiguity.
• His answer left room for ambiguity.
• The poem gains power from its ambiguity.

使い方： ambiguity about something (There is still ambiguity about who owns the land.)

類義語： uncertainty, vagueness

反対語： clarity

よく使う表現： avoid ambiguity, without ambiguity, ambiguity about something

曖昧な表現、多義的な表現

二通り以上の意味に受け取れる言葉や文。

やさしい英語で： A word or statement that can be understood in more than one way.

• This sentence contains an ambiguity.
• We found several ambiguities in the contract.
• Can you remove this ambiguity from the instructions?

使い方： ambiguity in something (There is an ambiguity in the final sentence.)

よく使う表現： an ambiguity, resolve an ambiguity, ambiguity in something