grey area
英 [ˌɡreɪ ˈeəriə]
美 [ˌɡreɪ ˈeriə]
n. 灰色地带，中间区域(界线不明、不易归类、难以界定或处理的领域或形势)
牛津词典
noun
- 灰色地带，中间区域（界线不明、不易归类、难以界定或处理的领域或形势）
an area of a subject or situation that is not clear or does not fit into a particular group and is therefore difficult to define or deal with- Exactly what can be called an offensive weapon is still a grey area.
究竟什么可称作进攻性武器仍然难以界定。
- Exactly what can be called an offensive weapon is still a grey area.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 灰色地带，中间区域（界线不明、责任不清、难以处理的领域或情形）
If you refer to something as agrey area, you mean that it is unclear, for example because nobody is sure how to deal with it or who is responsible for it, or it falls between two separate categories of things.- At the moment, the law on compensation is very much a grey area.
目前，关于赔偿的法律规定十分不明确。 - ...that gray area between blue-collar laborers and white-collar professionals.
介于蓝领工人和白领专业人士之间的中间地带
- At the moment, the law on compensation is very much a grey area.
in AM, use 美国英语用 gray area
英英释义
noun
- an intermediate area
双语例句
- There is also a grey area here, let me say going back to what you were saying earlier.
这里还存在着一个灰色地带，我现在来说你刚才所说的话题。 - Questionable research practices ( QRP) is grey area in scientific research which is between responsible conduct in research and misconduct in research.
QRP（有问题的研究行为）是指介于负责任的科学研究行为与研究中的不端行为之间的灰色领域。 - On the lesser question of whether in fact you are right, it is a grey area.
关于你是否真的正确这个次要问题，也不是那么清楚。 - To set the breakpoint, open GetFlights. jsp, and right-click in the grey area to the left of the line of code which starts with
为设置断点，打开GetFlights.jsp，在以 - And yet the decision highlighted a grey area in furniture design copyright.
这一判决凸现了家具设计知识产权的一个灰色地带。 - We hope they will not make use of any grey area in the ordinance to come up with any pretext for cutting their paid meal hours or days off.
即使如此，我们希望雇主不应该利用法例的灰色地带，在饭钟钱和休息日工资巧立名目，侵损雇员的利益。 - The ASCI uses a10-point scale for its qualitative questions as well, which allows for more grey area than a more narrow scale, he says.
利用10个度量表上为其定性的问题，使更多的灰色地带，比更狭窄的规模，他说。 - At the moment, the law on compensation is very much a grey area.
目前，关于赔偿的法律规定十分不明确。 - Immediately an associated thought came to my mind that there are many things in this world and life that are in the grey area, ambiguous and dubious
让我顿时联想这世界和人生也有很多灰色地带、模棱两可、似是而非的事情 - The case highlights the fact that in China the issue of what is a state secret is a grey area.
该事件突显出一个事实：在中国，对于什么是国家机密的问题是一个灰色地带。