vague

adj

• ① 1(言语、观念、感情等)模糊的,含糊的,暧昧的2(形状、颜色等)不清楚的,朦胧的
  • a vague answer含糊的回答
  • vague fears莫名的恐惧
  • vague memories模糊的回忆
  • She could see the vague shape of a church in the distance [through the fog].她看得见远方[雾中]一座教堂的朦胧轮廓。

• ②[通常作the vaguest ...,用于否定句或疑问句](理解、观念等)丝毫,一点儿
  • "What are his motives?"－"I haven't the vaguest idea [notions]."「他的动机是什么?」「我一点儿也不晓得。」(★【口】常省略 idea, notion等而当名词用)
  • I haven't the vaguest idea what you mean [where she is].我一点儿也不晓得你的意思[她在哪里]。
  • Do you have the vaguest notion (of) what you are doing?你到底晓不晓得你在干戎么?

• ③ (人)(对于…)不明言的;含糊不清的;无法清楚表达的<about, as to, on>
  • He was vague on [about] his family background.他对他的家庭背景交代不清。