据柯林斯词典以及新编实用英语词典提供的资料,可进行以下比较:
1. indeterminate 不确定的;不明确的;模糊不清的 If something is indeterminate, you cannot say exactly what it is.
Dr Amid was a man of indeterminate age. 看不出阿米德博士的具体年龄。
2. ambiguous 更多强调超过二种以上的解释,一词多义;This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations,强调责任、角色甚至前途的不确定性。
3. vague 强调说话含糊不清、思想混沌,外形模糊 He looked vaguely around the room as he spoke, his mind elsewhere.She had married a charming but rather vague Englishman.