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)

经济

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
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 gray area


• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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

英英释义

noun

• an intermediate area
  Synonym:gray area

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Under the new rules, these structures have been moved from a tolerable grey area to one far darker and less likely to prosper, Ms Hu said.
  胡淼表示，根据新规定，这些结构性产品已被从一个可容忍的灰色地带，移到了一个更为灰暗、更不可能继续发展的地带。
• There is also a grey area here, let me say going back to what you were saying earlier.
  这里还存在着一个灰色地带，我现在来说你刚才所说的话题。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。