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单词 obfuscate
释义
obfuscate
verb
formal
uk
/ˈɒb.fʌs.keɪt/us
/ˈɑːb.fə.skeɪt/
[TorI]
to make something lessclearandhardertounderstand,especiallyintentionally:
（尤指故意）使模糊，使糊涂，使困惑
She wascriticizedfor usingargumentsthat obfuscated themainissue.她被批评故意使用混淆主要问题的论点。
Companiesdeliberatelyobfuscatefiguresincomplicatedannualreports.
Instead ofconcealingor obfuscating, thedoctorsinvolvedadmittedtheirfaultandlaunchedaninvestigation.
Synonyms
muddythe waters
obscure
Opposites
clarify
elucidateformal
[T]
to putfalseorconfusinginformationon theinternet,especiallyusingspecialsoftware, inordertostopsearchenginesbeingabletocollectinformationabout you:
You canconfusewebtrackersby obfuscatingyourmovementsonline.
Thebrowserextensionisdesignedto obfuscatebrowsingdataandprotectusersfromtrackingbyadvertisingnetworks.
[T]
tocreatecomputercode(=instructionsused toprogramcomputers)that isdifficultforhumanstounderstand, inordertoreducethecodesizeandhideit from otherpeople:
Muchsourcecodeencryptionsoftwareobfuscates thecode.
Deliberately obfuscatedsourcecodeis notallowed.
See also
encrypt
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
  • bury the ledeidiom
  • candy coat
  • candy coating
  • candy-coated
  • circumlocutory
  • equivocate
  • euphemism
  • hedge
  • hedging
  • implicit
  • implicitly
  • indirectly
  • lede
  • mincing
  • move offsomething/on (tosomething)
  • obscure
  • sanitize
  • sidestep
  • stray
  • veil
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(Definition ofobfuscatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
obfuscate
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ˈɒb.fʌs.keɪt/us
/ˈɑːb.fə.skeɪt/
to make something lessclearandhardertounderstand,especiallyintentionally
（尤指故意）使模糊，使糊涂，使困惑
She wascriticizedfor usingargumentsthat obfuscated themainissue.她被批评故意使用混淆主要问题的论点。

Examplesofobfuscate

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This understanding is less accessible to ordinary patients, because it is obfuscated by the difficulty of medical science.
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These proscriptions, while useful in economics, mayobfuscateimportant psychological phenomena.
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This attempt to appropriate language, to write in the first person, is not motivated by a desire toobfuscateor to prevent dialogue.
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Several other arguments exist whichobfuscatethe issue of trade liberalization of secondary materials.
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I am flattered that they took notice of my piece, but think their efforts to set the record straight onlyobfuscatematters further.
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A major problem, evident within several papers, is language use, which at times can be irritatingly obfuscating, impenetrable and, in effect, discouraging.
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He mentions how, because the distinction is obfuscated, the separation can only be described as an 'ideological' one, clearly creating problems of objectivity.
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But they also included noise - sounds that obfuscated the clean transmission of sonic meaning.
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Such estimations were vague at best and obfuscating at worst.
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Programmes relatively susceptible to obfuscating reforms have suffered larger cutbacks than other programmes.
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These essays, in the main, reflect the high-technology imperatives of a communication revolution in which messages have given way to infinitely obfuscating processes.
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Parts of the mapping were easily explained, while other parts were obfuscated by the metaphor.
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This splitting is done carefully to ensure that it does notobfuscateany inlining opportunity.
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If these are our choices, then it is hardly surprising if theorists devote themselves to sophisticated projects in obfuscation-the more sophisticated, the more successfully obfuscating.
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The simplicity is due to our use of proof term calculi and would, for example, appear obfuscated at the level of derivations proper.
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