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
- Because of lack of flexible regulation for true NGOs, many still operate in a legal grey area that means they can be shut down at any time.
由于缺乏真正的非政府组织那种灵活的规则，许多这类组织仍然在法律的灰色地带运作，这意味着他们随时可能被关闭。 - 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。 - Handling exceptions, on the other hand, is a grey area.
另一方面，处理例外是一个灰色的区域。 - Based on the two-way differential model forming principle and the idea of grey area, the two-way differential grey model of the long-term forecasting of groundwater regime is established in this paper.
本文基于双向差分建模原理及灰域预测思想，建立了地下水动态长期预报的灰色双向差分模型。 - Banking and health insurance in the United States are both examples of this grey area company.
美国的银行和保险公司大都是此类灰色地带的公司。 - The difference between gross negligence and recklessness is a legal grey area.
严重渎职与草率行事之间的区别是一个法律上的官区。 - 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。 - 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。 - It started as a way to protect consumer rights but gradually became a grey area for power and money, he said.
最初这是一种保护消费者权利的方式，但后来逐渐变成了一个谋求权力和金钱的灰色地带。 - 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