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源自拉丁语 inconclusus(未结束的),由 in-(否定前缀) + conclusus(concludere 的过去分词,意为‘结束’)构成。
❶ 指结果、证据或讨论等未能得出明确结论或无法确定的情况,常表示信息不足或存在矛盾。
“The test results were inconclusive, so we need to run more experiments.”
(测试结果尚无定论,因此我们需要进行更多实验。)
“After hours of debate, the meeting ended with an inconclusive outcome.”
(经过数小时辩论,会议以无明确结果告终。)
inconclusive evidence — 指不足以支持某一结论的证据,常出现在法律或科学讨论中。
“The jury dismissed the case because of inconclusive evidence.”
(陪审团因证据不足驳回了此案。)