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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无名的;鲜为人知的;默默无闻的 If something or someone is obscure, they are unknown, or are known by only a few people.
  • The origin of the custom is obscure...

    这一习俗的起源鲜为人知。

  • The hymn was written by an obscure Greek composer for the 1896 Athens Olympics.

    这首赞歌是希腊一位名不见经传的作曲家为1896年的雅典奥运会创作的。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](通常指因内容繁琐)晦涩的,费解的,难懂的 Something that is obscure is difficult to understand or deal with, usually because it involves so many parts or details.
  • The contracts are written in obscure language...

    这些合同的语言晦涩难懂。

  • Richard's statement was disgracefully obscure.

    理查德的声明隐晦费解,真是丢人。

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[VERB 动词]遮掩;遮蔽;使模糊不清 If one thing obscures another, it prevents it from being seen or heard properly.
  [V n]
  • Trees obscured his vision; he couldn't see much of the Square's southern half...

    树木遮挡了他的视线,南半广场的一大部分他都无法看清。

  • One wall of the parliament building is now almost completely obscured by a huge banner.

    议会大楼的一面墙现在几乎被一条巨型横幅完全盖住了。

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[VERB 动词]使晦涩;使费解;使难懂 To obscure something means to make it difficult to understand.
  [V n]
  • ...the jargon that frequently obscures educational writing...

    经常让普教著作变得艰深晦涩的术语

  • This issue has been obscured by recent events.

    最近发生的一些事件使这一问题变得混淆不清。


Oxford ob·scure / əbˈskjʊə(r) ; NAmE əbˈskjʊr /
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obscure obscures obscured obscuring
adjective 1 not well known 无名的;鲜为人知的 SYN
unknown
an obscure German poet 一个名不见经传的德国诗人 He was born around 1650 but his origins remain obscure. 他生于 1650 年前后,但身世不详。
2 difficult to understand 费解的;难以理解的 I found her lecture very obscure. 我觉得她的讲座非常费解。 For some obscure reason,he failed to turn up. 他莫名其妙地没有如期露面。 ob·scure·ly / ; NAmE / adverb They were making her feel obscurely worried (= for reasons that were difficult to understand). 他们让她无缘无故地担忧起来。
verb obscuresth to make it difficult to see, hear or understand sth 使模糊;使隐晦;使费解 The view was obscured by fog. 雾中景色朦胧。 We mustn't let these minor details obscure the main issue. 我们不能让枝节问题掩盖主要问题。 ob·scure / əbˈskjʊə(r) ; NAmE əbˈskjʊr / ob·scure·ly / ; NAmE /
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obscure1 adjective
obscure2 verb
obscureob‧scure1 /əbˈskjʊə $ -ˈskjʊr/ ●○○ adjective
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1not well known and usually not very important:  an obscure poet The details of his life remain obscure.2difficult to understand:  obscure legal phrases For some obscure reason, the group is very popular.obscurely adverb
obscure1 adjective
obscure2 verb
obscureobscure2 ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to make something difficult to know or understand:  Recent successes have obscured the fact that the company is still in trouble.2to prevent something from being seen or heard clearly:  The view was obscured by mist. see thesaurus at
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obscure

[əbˈskjʊə(r)]obscured, obscuring, obscures级别:obscurer, obscurest

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obscured[558]
隐藏(46%),难解的(17%),不著名的(12%),变模糊(10%),微暗的(5%),使 ... 模糊(5%),模糊不清的东西(5%)
adj.昏暗的,朦胧的;晦涩的,不清楚的;隐蔽的;不著名的,无名的
vt.使…模糊不清,掩盖;隐藏;使难理解
n.某种模糊的或不清楚的东西

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