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单词 obscure
释义
obscure
adjective
uk
/əbˈskjʊər/us
/əbˈskjʊr/

obscureadjective(NOT KNOWN)

notknownto manypeople:
无名的；鲜为人知的；默默无闻的
an obscureislandin thePacific太平洋中的无名小岛
an obscure 12th-centurymystic12世纪一位鲜为人知的神秘主义者
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unknown and unfamiliar
  • alien
  • alienly
  • alienness
  • anti-foreign
  • anti-foreigner
  • moody
  • murky/uncharted watersidiom
  • not be insomeone'svocabularyidiom
  • obscurely
  • obscurity
  • shadowy
  • strangeness
  • TBD
  • terra incognita
  • uncharted
  • uncommon
  • unrecorded
  • unsung
  • untried
  • unused
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obscureadjective(NOT CLEAR)

notclearanddifficulttounderstandorsee:
费解的，晦涩的；模糊的，朦胧的；不清楚的
Officialpolicyhaschanged, forreasonsthatremainobscure.官方的政策已改变，原因尚不清楚。
Hisanswerswere obscure andconfusing.他的回答模糊不清，令人费解。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Difficult to understand
  • abstruse
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguous
  • ambiguously
  • antinomy
  • esoteric
  • fathomless
  • garble
  • get it into your thick headidiom
  • impalpable
  • indiscernible
  • labyrinthine
  • lost
  • non-intuitive
  • obscurely
  • obscurity
  • prolix
  • verbosity
  • wasted onsomeoneidiom
  • word salad
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obscure
verb[T]
uk
/əbˈskjʊər/us
/əbˈskjʊr/
topreventsomething from beingseenorheard:
遮掩；遮蔽；使不分明
Two newskyscrapershadsprungup, obscuring theviewfrom herwindow.两座新摩天大楼拔地而起，挡住了她窗外的风景。
Thesunwas obscured byclouds.太阳被云层遮住了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to keep someone or something from being seen
  • hideI'll need to hide the sweets so the children don't find them.
  • concealHe did his best to conceal his true feelings from his spouse.
  • secreteThe spies smuggled the films out of the country by secreting them in the lining of their coats.
  • cloakThe proceedings were cloaked in secrecy.
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to make somethingdifficulttodiscoverandunderstand:
隐藏，掩盖；使难理解，使晦涩
Managersdeliberatelyobscured therealsituationfromfederalinvestigators.经理们故意对联邦调查人员掩盖真实情况。
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Hiding and disguising
  • be holed upidiom
  • booby trap
  • camo
  • camouflage
  • camouflaged
  • cloak
  • drown
  • hiding
  • hit the deckidiom
  • hole up (somewhere)
  • illusion
  • incognito
  • secrete
  • shroud
  • shut
  • shutsomeone/somethingout
  • sidle
  • skulk
  • smokescreen
  • tuck
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive

Related word

obscurely
(Definition ofobscurefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

obscure| American Dictionary

obscure
adjective
us
/əbˈskjʊr,ɑb-/

obscureadjective(UNKNOWN)

notknownto manypeople:
an obscure 18th-centurypainter

obscureadjective(UNCLEAR)

unclearanddifficulttounderstandorsee:
Officialpolicyhaschangedforreasonsthatremainobscure.
(Definition ofobscurefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofobscure

obscure
The trials, too, which came and went, give the impression of a ' rise ' and then a ' decline ' of magic, obscuring its perennial and persistent nature.
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To just lump them under an umbrella label of ' borrowing ' or ' calquing ' is an oversimplification which obscures the different possible historical scenarios for each case.
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Thus, experimental effects on a highly sensitive and reliable measure may be obscured by averaging with less precise measures.
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The former gave way to the system of recursive rewrite rules in the 1960s, obscuring the formal similarity of the two processes.
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Such an apparently decisive choice of collective identity obscures the undercurrents of ideological struggle in the region.
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Hence, although this view is a fundamental one of which experienced topos theorists are fully aware, it tends to get obscured in the exposition.
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The sustained attention of constitutional scholars to constraints on state legislatures has obscured the ways delegates to constitutional conventions affirmed the prerogatives of the states.
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However, this sectoral diversity obscures some politically salient concentrations.
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He brings a magnifying glass to the complexities obscured by existing models.
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Coverage has remained stable but this obscures a narrowing gender gap in coverage.
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In realistic programs the algorithm can become entirely obscured by the dynamic-behaviour code.
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Afterwards, it became a process that obscured the line between music and 'otherness'.
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If an intrusive consonant is underlyingly present, it must be a final element, the presence of which is obscured in certain environments due to vocalisation.
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Stating meaning in any other way obscures it.
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The reported sectoral pattern thus obscures inherent deviations.
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