| 单词 | inconclusive |
| 释义 | inconclusive (once / 5368 pages) adj If something's inconclusive, that means it doesn't lead to a conclusion or a resolution. Inconclusive often describes scientific results. If your data about a flu outbreak is inconclusive, then your results don't prove anything. A good way to remember the meaning of inconclusive is to look at the root word conclusive, which means "definitive, decisive, and convincing." When you add in- — which means "not" — to the front of conclusive, you get a word that means "not definitive." When something's inconclusive, it doesn't resolve your questions and leaves room for debate. If you're a detective, the last thing you want to hear is that your evidence is inconclusive. WORD FAMILYinconclusive: inconclusively, inconclusiveness+/conclude: concluded, concludes, concluding, conclusion, conclusive/conclusion: conclusions/conclusive: conclusively, conclusiveness, inconclusive USAGE EXAMPLESI think not but the replay was inconclusive. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Mr Rajoy and his conservative Popular Party recently won opposition support to rule as a minority government following an inconclusive general election in June. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) The team once spent three weeks sifting through prepaid-phone records, fake email accounts and inconclusive social media searches to track down a 13-year-old girl. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) adj not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question an inconclusive reply inconclusive evidence the inconclusive committee vote Syn|Ant equivocal uncertain as a sign or indication indeterminatenot leading to a definite ending or result head-to-head, neck and neck, nip and tuckinconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition nisinot final or absolute indecisivenot definitely settling something indeterminate, undeterminednot precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance conclusive forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question definitive, determinatesupplying or being a final or conclusive settlement decisivedetermining or having the power to determine an outcome |
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