English Dictionary

grey area

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy.

日本語の意味

明確な区分が困難なあいまいな領域 / 二つの排他的な状態やカテゴリーの中間に位置する、境界が不明瞭な領域

The new regulation created a grey area between personal and corporate liability, leaving lawyers to argue the boundaries.

新しい規制は個人責任と法人責任の間にグレーゾーンを生み出し、弁護士がその境界をめぐって議論する結果になった。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy.

It exists in a grey area between legal and illegal.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other, that is open to interpretation.

Fame is a grey area[.]

grey areas （ plural ）