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单词 obscurity
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obscurity
noun[U]
uk
/əbˈskjʊə.rə.ti/us
/əbˈskjʊr.ə.t̬i/

obscuritynoun[U](NOT KNOWN)

thestateof not beingknownto manypeople:
无名；鲜为人知；默默无闻
He wasbrieflyfamousin histwentiesbut thensankintoobscurity.他在20来岁时曾一度小有名气，但随后便湮没无闻了。
Herosefromrelativeobscurity toworldwiderecognition.他从默默无闻一下变成世界闻名。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unknown and unfamiliar
  • alien
  • alienly
  • alienness
  • anti-foreign
  • anti-foreigner
  • moody
  • murky/uncharted watersidiom
  • not be insomeone'svocabularyidiom
  • obscure
  • obscurely
  • shadowy
  • TBD
  • terra incognita
  • the outside worldidiom
  • uncharted
  • uncommon
  • undefined
  • unsung
  • untried
  • unused
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obscuritynoun[U](NOT CLEAR)

thestateof being notclearanddifficulttounderstandorsee:
费解，晦涩；模糊，朦胧
Thestoryisconvolutedandopaque, often to thepointoftotalobscurity.这则故事晦涩难懂，常常令人一头雾水。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Difficult to understand
  • abstruse
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguous
  • ambiguously
  • antinomy
  • esoteric
  • fathomless
  • garble
  • get it into your thick headidiom
  • impalpable
  • impenetrable
  • indiscernible
  • labyrinthine
  • lost
  • non-intuitive
  • obscurely
  • oracular
  • prolix
  • wasted onsomeoneidiom
  • word salad
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(Definition ofobscurityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

obscurity| American Dictionary

obscurity
noun[U]
us
/əbˈskjʊr·ɪ·t̬i,ɑb-/

obscuritynoun[U](BEING UNKNOWN)

thestateof not beingknownto manypeople:
Sheworkedin obscurity foryears.

obscuritynoun[U](BEING UNCLEAR)

thestateorqualityof beingunclearanddifficulttounderstandorsee:
Manymoviereviewersconfuseobscurity withquality.
(Definition ofobscurityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofobscurity

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Difficulties naturally exist in all these matters, and there are in my mind some slight obscurities.
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Moreover, since when have ambiguities and obscurities reduced the likelihood of litigation?
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Legislation relating to the advertisement of goods is designed to clear up certain obscurities in the present law.
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The debate is not an arid swapping of statistics, nor is it an academic exchange of obscurities.
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However, that was importantly extended in that year so that a number of minor alterations could be made to eliminate obscurities, contradictions, and so on.
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We need the law clarified and its obscurities remedied.
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Only by proceeding in open court on oath can obscurities be made less obscure.
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However, an opportunity has been taken to correct some small inconsistencies and obscurities in the existing legislation.
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There has been a great deal of calculation and observation of one sort and another, obscurities and mysteries, in the last few days.
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However, the opportunity has been taken to correct some small inconsistencies or obscurities in the text of the existing legislation.
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There are several other loose ends and obscurities.
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The reason is that there are many obscurities.
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We are grateful for having had our attention drawn to possible obscurities in these subsections as originally drafted.
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There will be an opportunity later of explaining any obscurities.
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I think everybody will have realized that we are dealing with a number of obscurities.
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