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
- The release of records or information without a signed authorization to another care provider is a legal grey area.
毕竟未经签名授权给其他医疗提供者提供病历属于法律的灰色地带。 - 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 - 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 - There is a third grey area company that we need to address as well.
有一种处于灰色地带的第三类公司我也需要说明一下。 - Private publishers have long outperformed state rivals in spotting and producing best-selling manuscripts, but they operate in a legal grey area.
长期以来，民营出版公司在发现和制作畅销书稿方面一直优于国有竞争对手，但它们的经营处在法律灰色地带。 - 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。 - 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。 - Hopefully we can all get organized and we can get out of this grey area.
希望我们都能组织起来，并且走出这个灰色地带。 - In the late 1980s, using solar energy as the main energy sources in heterogeneous pHotocatalytic oxidation is applied in environmental fields, but the mechanism and kinetics of the heterogeneous pHotocatalytic oxidation is still a grey area.
八十年代后期，采用太阳能为主要光源的多相光催化氧化法开始应用于环保领域，但其机理尚在研究当中。 - 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。