ADJECTIVE | ... OF AMBIGUITY | VERB + AMBIGUITY | AMBIGUITY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤certain, possible, potential明確的/可能的/潛在的歧義◇The poem contains a certain ambiguity.這首詩裏有一處明顯有歧義。➤moral, sexual道德上的曖昧;性曖昧➤inherent內在的歧義◇the inherent ambiguity of language語言本身存在的歧義... OF AMBIGUITY➤degree, element一定程度的含糊不清;有些曖昧◇There is a degree of ambiguity in this statement.這個聲明意思有點兒含糊。VERB + AMBIGUITY➤lead to導致歧義◇Incorrect choice of words leads to ambiguity for the reader.用詞不當導致讀者理解不清。➤avoid避免含糊◇The document has been carefully written to avoid ambiguity.文件寫得很仔細,以免造成歧義。➤clarify, reduce澄清/減少歧義 ▸➤eliminate, remove, resolve消除歧義◇They had to change some of the wording in the document to resolve the ambiguity.他們不得不更改文件中的一些詞句以消除歧義。AMBIGUITY + VERB➤arise, occur歧義出現/產生◇Ambiguity arises when students' spoken English is very limited.學生英語會話水平有限就容易產生歧義。➤surround歧義圍繞◇the ambiguity surrounding the concept of 'reality'圍繞 reality (現實)一詞的概念而產生的歧義PREPOSITION➤ambiguity about有關⋯的不明確◇There will always be some ambiguity about what actually happened.對於實際發生的事情總是會有一些弄不清楚的地方。➤ambiguity in⋯中的含糊不清◇There was some ambiguity in what he said.他的話有些含糊其詞。PHRASES➤a source of ambiguity歧義的來源