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英语单词 obscurity
英美音标 英 [əb'skjʊərəti] 美 [əb'skjʊrəti]
中文释义 n.昏暗;晦涩;不出名;不明
英语例句 (1) It's all behind me now, occulted in obscurity.
(2) His poems are full of obscurities.
(3) Letitia pondered on an obscurity in these words.
(4) Many great men rose from obscurity to fame.
(5) He spent most of his life working in obscurity.
(6) Its origin is lost in obscurity.
中文例句 (1) 这些东西都已经被我丢在身后了,退隐入迷雾之中。
(2) 他的诗作有很多晦涩难解的地方。
(3) 利蒂霞思索着这些话中的费解之处。
(4) 许多伟人都是从卑微变得有名望的。
(5) 他在默默无闻的工作中度过了大半生。
(6) 它的起源己搞不清楚了。
vocabulary简明 One meaning of obscurity is nobody knowing who you are, and another definition is something that is hard to understand because it’s too complex or unclear.
vocabulary扩展 Obscurity is the opposite of fame, and living in obscurity means that nobody knows your name. Many musicians played in obscurity for years before becoming rock stars. The Latin obscurus means “dark,” which is where obscurity is found: in the dark where no one sees it. Something difficult to comprehend has obscurity, for example the obscurity of a medical magazine, or a complex poem that is full of literary obscurities, referencing other poems that no one has read.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]无名;默默无闻 Obscurity is the state of being known by only a few people.
  • For the lucky few, there's the chance of being plucked from obscurity and thrown into the glamorous world of modelling...

    只有极少数幸运儿才有机会从籍籍无名中脱颖而出,进入光鲜亮丽的模特圈。

  • The latter half of his life was spent in obscurity and loneliness.

    他在默默无闻中孤独地度过了后半生。

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[N-VAR 可变名词]晦涩;费解;难懂的事 Obscurity is the quality of being difficult to understand. An obscurity is something that is difficult to understand.
  • 'How can that be?' asked Hunt, irritated by the obscurity of Henry's reply...

    “怎么会那样呢?”亨特问道,亨利含糊费解的回答让他恼火。

  • Whatever its obscurities, the poem was clear on at least one count.

    这首诗再怎么晦涩,至少有一点是清楚的。

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