a grey area

/ə ˌɡreɪ ˈeəriə/NEUTRAL · C1
中文對應近似對應
灰色地帶

意思

a situation where the rules are not clear

規則不明確的情況.

例句

  1. 1Whether you can park outside the school on Sundays is a bit of a grey area.
  2. 2Sharing photos from a concert online is a grey area for many fans.
  3. 3Nobody could tell us whether dogs were allowed on the beach; it was a grey area.
  4. 4Working from a café abroad is still a grey area in my company's contract.
  5. 5Is copying a friend's notes cheating, or is it more of a grey area?

文法

可數:a grey area,複數為 grey areas。常用在 a bit of 或 more of 之後。美式拼法為 gray。

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