ill-defined

adj.

1. 不清楚的；含混的
   not clearly described
   1. an ill-defined role
      不明确的角色
2. 轮廓不清的；不明显的
   not clearly marked or easy to see
   1. an ill-defined path
      若隐若现的小径

1. ADJ-GRADED 不清楚的;不分明的;不确定的
   If you describe something as ill-defined, you mean that its exact nature or extent is not as clear as it should be or could be.
   1. ...staff with ill-defined responsibilities.
      职责划分不明确的员工队伍

1. The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.
   提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。
2. Previous awards, most of them very small, had directly compensated victims but the Dalian case sets a new precedent for a public interest lawsuit& a concept that still remains ill-defined.
   以前，这方面的罚款金额大多很低，是直接赔偿给受害者，而大连这桩案子为公益诉讼确立了一个新的先例&公益诉讼这个概念仍没有明确的定义。
3. However, the scope of the privilege is ill-defined, because disputes over executive privilege are ordinarily resolved through political compromise rather than court litigation.
   然而无论如何，特权的范围界定含糊，因为有关行政特权的争议一般是通过政治妥协而不是通过法院诉讼得到解决的。
4. Some aspects of the law were somewhat vague and ill-defined.
   这项法律的某些方面有点含糊不清。
5. So that's ill-defined and the same is true for the acceleration.
   因此无法定义速度，加速度也是一样。
6. Was that an attempt to define an ill-defined enemy?
   那是不是故意对敌人的丑化？
7. Speech communities turn out to be too fluid and ill-defined to be seriously studied in their own right.
   这个概念本身作为一项严肃的研究课题是太过不稳定和欠明了的。
8. The plethora of so many descriptive terms may reflect the ill-defined nature of any putative clinical syndrome of age-specific relative androgen deficiency.
   文中过多地使用描述性术语，可能反映了人们对于各种假定的年龄特异性雄激素相对缺乏临床综合症的本质都还没有明确的定义。
9. Acidosis is a common feature of ischemia and is assumed to play a critical role in brain injury, however the mechanism ( s) remain ill-defined.
   酸中毒是缺血的一个常见特征，在脑损伤中起了重要的作用，但其机制仍就未能很好地明确。
10. ( of a person) easily angered; irritable; touchy an ill-defined state of irritability and distress.
    （指人）易怒的，脾气暴躁的，动辄发火的容易发怒压抑的不清楚的状态。
11. The line between the state and the state-owned, so clear in the mind of Sheikh Mohammed, is in fact ill-defined.
    在谢赫穆罕默德脑中如此清晰的国家与国有之间的界线，事实上界定得非常模糊。
12. He confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts.
    他用些模糊的术语和概念把读者弄糊涂了。
13. An ill-defined state of irritability and distress.
    容易发怒压抑的不清楚的状态。
14. It may be vague and ill-defined to our conscious gaze.
    这可能是含糊不清，定义不明，我们有意识地凝视。
15. An ill-defined or arbitrary shape.
    一种不清楚的或随意的形状。
16. This can lead to palpation of an ill-defined "lump" in the breast.
    乳腺可触诊到不明原因的“肿块”。
17. It's true that during this first second a is minus six meters per second squared, but it changes abruptly at this point so it's ill-defined at this point.
    在先前的2秒钟里，加速度的确是每秒-6米，但是在这一点上突然发生了变化，因此这一点很难定义加速度是多少。
18. More importantly, the error handling approaches are ill-defined and again vary drastically.
    更重要的是，错误处理方法是模糊不清又变化巨大的。
19. Ill-defined divide The night vision system shows objects that are difficult to see on a display screen.
    表现不明显的分水岭夜视系统可将不明显的物体显现在显示萤幕上。
20. Someone once defined design as "the conversion of an ill-defined requirement into a satisfied customer." this is especially true in chemical engineering, and the steps between the two may involve much time and cost millions of dollars.
    有人曾把设计定义成“把一个说得不清楚的需求转化成一个合格的顾客。”化学工程尤其是如此，而且在这二者之间的各个步骤会占用许多时间和大量开支。
21. On this issue, even the "Book of General" and "Remember the test" are ill-defined, the result, many people along the error.
    在这个问题上，连《文献通考》和《记考》都是界限不清的，致使现在不少人沿误。
22. Last week's guilty verdict has brought no illumination for foreign companies worried that they too could find themselves violating ill-defined Chinese secrecy laws, writes William MacNamara.
    上周力拓案的有罪判决并没有给外国公司带来任何启示。它们担忧，可能会发现自己也违反了中国定义不明确的保密法。
23. There are other rather ill-defined gametophytic systems with two or more loci, often giving partial self-incompatibility.
    还存在有其他难以界定的配子体系统，它们具有两个或更多的基因座，通常产生部分自交不亲和。
24. In addition, it is the state and collective ownership of land ill-defined problems.
    此外，还探讨了国家与集体土地所有权界限不清的问题。
25. It's unknown, ill-defined because this curve is, of course, not very physical.
    它很难定义是多少，因为这条曲线，不是非常物理的。
26. Although they are often ill-defined, this is not always the case.
    虽然这些病灶一般都边缘模糊，但并不总是如此。
27. Grossly, there are areas of necrosis and collapse of liver lobules seen here as ill-defined areas that are pale yellow.
    肉眼可见坏死区域和肝小叶结构崩解，表现为淡黄色的模糊区域。
28. A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some ( usually ill-defined) misfortune.
    当预想到某种不幸时所经历的一种茫然的、不高兴的情绪。
29. Inadequate national commitment to a comprehensive and coordinated response, ill-defined accountability and insufficient engagement of communities;
    国家不能充分致力于综合性且协调一致的应对活动、未适当确定各方的责任以及社区的参与不够；
30. Note the infiltration of ill-defined glands into the surrounding collagenous stroma.
    值得注意的是不确切的腺向周围胶原间质浸润。

adj

1. poorly stated or described
   1. he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts

   Synonym:    unclear