在Longman Modern English Dictionary中,ambiguity一词是这样被界定的:thequality of having more than one meaning;anidea,statement or expression capable ofbeing understood in more than one sense。可见,复义是一种语言现象,是指语言中对一个词语或一个句子有两种或多种解释。在外交辞令中,人们采用复义构成的双关,巧妙地为日后推卸责任而留有余地。在文学作品中,复义 In the Longman Modern English Dictionary, the word ambiguity is defined as follows: thequality of having more than one meaning; anidea, statement or expression capable of being understood in more than one sense. Visible, complex language is a phenomenon, refers to the language of a word or sentence has two or more kinds of explanations. In diplomatic speech, people adopt the pun as the complex constitution, cleverly for the future to shirk its responsibility and leave room. In literary works, polysemy