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单词 vague
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vaguevague /veɪg/ adjective vague
not clear because of not having enough details. You use vague to talk about ideas, memories, and things people say:
  • I have a vague memory of meeting him when I was a young child, but all I really remember is that he was tall.
  • Carla made some vague promises about coming back to see us, but I didn't really believe her.
  • inexact (formal)
    not exact or not completely clear. You use inexact about things such as ideas, descriptions, and knowledge:
  • His directions to the restaurant were frustratingly inexact, and we got lost.
  • imprecise AWL (formal)
    not exact. You use imprecise especially about things like numbers, calculations, and measurements, but you can also use it about words:
  • In the past, measurements were often imprecise because people did not have good equipment for weighing things.
  • ANTONYMS ➔ see exact ➔ see unclearADVERBS: vagueYou can make the adjectives that mean vague into adverbs by using an -ly ending: I remembered him vaguely, but not well enough to remember his name. | In law, you cannot use terms like "legacy" imprecisely. It has a specific meaning in legal situations.
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