vague

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vague /veɪɡ/ S3 adjectiveadj

1 CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTAND#DETAIL#unclear because someone does not give enough detailed information or does not say exactly what they mean 含糊的，不明确的，不清楚的

The governor gave only a vague outline of his tax plan.

州长只是含糊地大致说了一下他的税务计划。

vague about

Julia was vague about where she had been and what she had been doing.

关于她到过哪里，做了些什么，朱莉娅含糊其词。

2 have a vague idea/feeling/recollection etc (that) THINK SO/NOT BE SUREto think that something might be true or that you remember something, although you cannot be sure 隐约地想到/感到/记起等

Larry had the vague feeling he’d done something embarrassing the night before.

拉里隐约觉得自己前一天晚上做了什么尴尬的事。

Examples from the Corpus

have a vague idea/feeling/recollection etc (that)• I can remember nothing of them, but I have a vague feeling of having been well cared for.

3 CFCLEAR/EASY TO SEEnot having a clear shape or form 模糊不清的 SYN indistinct

The vague shape of a figure loomed through the mist.

薄雾中隐隐出现了一个模糊的人影。

—vagueness noun [uncountableU]

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2:

adjectives

a vague idea/notion

The students only had a vague idea of what they were supposed to do.

a vague sense/feeling

She had a vague feeling that she had let something important slip away.

a vague recollection/memory

I have only a vague recollection of what the house looked like.

a vague impression

Everything happens so quickly, though, that all you are left with is a vague impression.

a vague suspicion

A vague suspicion began to tug at Benny's mind.

a vague unease/dread

I felt a vague unease.

Examples from the Corpus

vague• A Wellesley College spokeswoman was spectacularly vague.• Its regulations must be reasonable and not too vague.• None of these writers looks at housework satisfaction; the notion of feminine domesticity is undefined and usually rather vague.• Dave's instructions were rather vague.• Officials were vague about the number of weapons that were uncovered.• He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school.• She floated near but outside her own body, feeling vague and intense at the same time.• They stood, she thought, the quintessential family, looking out from their sanctuary into the vague but hopeful unknown.• The doctor's vague explanations only increased Clara's fears.• I've only got a vague idea of what he wants for this project.• I only had a vague idea of where the place was.• vague promises of support• There have been vague rumours of a coup.• I had heard vague rumours that they were getting married.• There were vague shapes of hills in the distance.• a vague smile

vague about• Johann was a little vague about where he was going.

Origin vague

(1500-1600) French Latin vagus “wandering, vague”

vague adjectiveadj →n COLLOCATIONS1

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