Adjective:
not clearly understood or expressed;an obscure turn of phrase
an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit
their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear
vague…forms of speech…have so long passed for mysteries of science
not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished;an undefined term
undefined authority
some undefined sense of excitement
vague feelings of sadness
a vague uneasiness
lacking clarity or distinctness;a dim figure in the distance
only a faint recollection
shadowy figures in the gloom
saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
a few wispy memories of childhood
dark，dim，black，gloomy，obscure，vague，grey这些形容词都含有“完全地或不完全地缺少光亮”之意。
dark最普通用词，指缺乏自然光线或人工照明，使某物漆黑无光或光线十分微弱。
dim指光线不足或视力较差，不能清晰地看见物体。
black侧重颜色是黑色的，有时也指无光的黑暗。
gloomy指光线不足或部分光线受阻而出现的阴暗。
obscure指因光线不充足而使物体灰暗不清，失去光泽或若隐若现。作借喻时指因复杂、深奥或含糊而难于理解。
vague通常作借喻用，形容抽象事物。
grey与dark意思相近，但侧重阴暗单调的意味。
vague，dim，indefinite，obscure，ambiguous，faint这些形容词均含“不明确的，模糊的”之意。
vague多指因语言不确切，太笼统或因构思含糊、不完善而造成模糊难解。
dim侧重指或因光线暗淡，或因年代久远、身体欠佳等因素而产生视觉或察觉方面的困难。
indefinite指无明确定义或限定，重点或总体轮廓不明确。
obscure语气最强，指晦涩难懂。
ambiguous指文章或讲话中，意思可能有多种理解，令人捉摸不定。
faint指对某事物印象不深，或指声音微弱或希望的渺茫等。
16世纪40年代进入英语，直接源自古法语的vague；最初源自拉丁语的vagus，意为漫步，犹豫。nouvelle vague法=new wavevague pain隐痛vague aching of back and shoulder肩背沉酸
近义词 faintobscureambiguousindefinite反义词 cleardefinitedistinct
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.Through the mist I could just make out a vague figure.透过雾霭,我只能看见一个模糊的人影。
He had a vague idea of finding Anne and explaining it all to her.他隐约觉得要去找安妮,向她解释所发生的一切。
I haven't the vaguest idea who he is.我根本不知道他是谁。
He returned only a vague answer.他只给了个含糊的回答。
用作表语
S+be+～The final letter is very vague; possibly an R or a K.最后一个字母很不清楚,可能是R,也可能是K。
Our holiday plans are still rather vague.我们的度假计划尚未明确。S+be+～+ prep .-phraseThey were vague and evasive about their backgrounds.他们对各自的背景含含糊糊,闪烁其词。
形容词99%,名词1%
His vague ideas crystallized into a definite plan.他那些模糊的想法变成了一个明确的计划。
His vague reply disconcerted us completely.他那含糊的回答弄得我们很为难。 Health- care reforms are vaguer, but would include doctors receiving less from Medicare and patients paying more.
医保改革有些含糊不清，但减少了对医生的补贴，病人支出增加。 ecocn
Vaguer instruction and big quantity of tasks were the main factors coursed their discontent.
任务不明确，任务量过大等因素成为引起使用者不满的主要因素。 boshuo
And so you spend your time in vague regret or vaguer hope that something good will come along.
所以你不过把时间都沉浸在虚幻的后悔或虚幻的希望中而已，期盼那些虚幻的美好的能到来。 csjyxy
As for his vague explanations, they were no vaguer than those of many other hedge- fund managers and even mutual- fund managers.
至于说他在解释投资策略时含糊其辞，实际上，他并不比其他许多对冲基金经理甚至共同基金经理更含糊。 ebigear
As compared to the two dimensional flow-path, the shock wave system in the three dimensional flow-path is more vaguer and complex.
与二维进气流道中的激波系相比，三维进气流道中的激波系要相对模糊和复杂； www.jasp.com.cn
But Mr Cameron has been playing to his base, too, with talk of replacing the1998 Human Rights Act with a vaguer British Bill of Rights.
但是卡梅隆先生也有自己的打算，他谈到，准备用比较模糊的《英国人权法案》来取代1998年的《人权法》。 ecocn
But in recent years, the policy goal has shifted to the vaguer concept of“ nation building”, or trying to create a peaceful country.
按理说，他们是去摧毁基地组织，但近几年，政策目标已转向“国家重建”这一更加含糊的概念，即试图创建一个和平国家。 israp.info
Even the judge's detailed ruling is kept secret; a vaguer version is released for public consumption.
甚至法官详细的判决也是保密的，仅有一个模糊的版本向公众公布。 ecocn
Immediately, the surrounding becomes quiet and I just like this kind of atmosphere: stay alone and overlook the distant mountains and see them becoming vaguer and vaguer till they become unseen.
瞬间，四周变得静寂下来。而我也喜欢静寂的环境所带来的感觉：只身眺望远方的山群，看着他们变得越来越模糊直至消逝。 blog.sina.com.cn
That is invariably the case in the East; a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.
在东方办案总是如此，事情在远处听着还条理清晰，反倒越接近事发地情节就越模糊不清。 yeeyan
The issue becomes vaguer because of the same origin of space and life.
这个问题已经越来越模糊了，因为其实两者本属同根。 e-jjj
What is needed is a“ vaguer designation, avoiding the g-word but clearly connoting criminal acts of slaughter.”
它所需要的只是一个“模糊的词语，避免种族灭绝这个说法，但是却清晰地意味着屠杀行为的词语。” ecocn