| 单词 | esoteric |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [`esəu'terik] |
| 解释 | a.秘传的；神秘的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 秘传的；神秘的(beyo nd the understanding or knowledge of most people; abstruse) 【考】 prescience : future / erudition : esoteric(预知知道未来的事/ 博学知道深奥的事)反义词：generally known(众所周知的); common accepted(一般人都知 道的) 【记】 分割记忆：es(出)，o ter看作outer，不出 外面的→秘传的 【例】 The esoteric article baffled us, even though it was perfectly clear to specialist. |
| 字源 | esoteric (adj.) 1650s, from Greek esoterikos "belonging to an inner circle," from esotero "more within," comparative adverb of eso "within," related to eis "into," en "in" (see en- (2)). In English, originally of Pythagorean doctrines. According to Lucian, the division of teachings into exoteric and esoteric originated with Aristotle. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 深奥的(只有内行才懂的) = abstruse; 秘传的; 神秘的(不公共披露的) = confidential = mysterious 【记】es出, oter = outer－不外传的－秘传的; 深奥的 【类】prescience: future = erudition: esoteric预知知道未来的事 = 博学知道深奥的事 【反】generally known(众所周知的); common accepted(普遍知道的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】internal 的变体，内部，不外传；es 理解为否定 + oteric (近于out, outer)；exoteric 是external的变体 【相关】exoteric 外面的, 一般人所能理解的, 公开的, 普通的, |
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