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
- Using cyber attacks to spy on another nation is a grey area, which gets greyer still when a country penetrates information networks, just to see if it can do so.
利用网络攻击来暗中窥探他国是一个灰色地带；而某国侵入他国信息网络、只为看看自己是否有能力这样做，则是一个更加灰色的地带。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - There remains a big grey area between bribery and political deal-making.
贿赂与政治交易之间，存在一个巨大的灰色地带。 - 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。 - Many banks have already spun off prop desks, which would clearly fall foul of the new rules, but a vast grey area of activity remains.
许多银行已经拆分了显然会与新规冲突的自营交易部门，但这些交易活动仍在大量的灰色地带存在。 - 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。 - 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。