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单词 esoteric
释义
esoteric
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.səˈter.ɪk/us
/ˌes.əˈter.ɪk/
veryunusualandunderstoodorlikedby only asmallnumberofpeople,especiallythose withspecialknowledge:
极不寻常的；只有少数人（尤指内行）才懂的；限于小圈子的
He has an esotericcollectionofoldtoysandgames.他收藏了一批极罕见的老玩具和游戏。
disapprovingorhumorousShe has asomewhatesoterictasteinclothes.她的着装品位极不寻常。
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(Definition ofesotericfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

esoteric| American Dictionary

esoteric
adjective
us
/ˌes·əˈter·ɪk/
intendedfor orunderstoodby only a fewpeoplewho havespecialknowledge:
Literaryreadingscan sometimesseemesoteric, but we aretryingto make them moreattractiveto morepeople.
(Definition ofesotericfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofesoteric

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I had assumed that the book would focus on the relativelyesoterictechnique of using a videolink to interview patients.
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It also would have highlighted the interrelationships, rather than the fairlyesotericdistinctions, between these areas of discourse studies.
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Over the last 200 years, as philosophy has increasingly become anesotericinquiry pursued formally in the university, these battles have had less social significance.
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This difficult topic - theesoteric, the occult, the spiritual - is respectfully placed in its context.
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By 1980, he had considerably reduced his allusions to the most ' 'esotericor supernatural issues.
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However, the topics dealt with are oftenesotericmethodological ones which will make the book heavy going for all except a few specialist demographers.
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The risks of being pushed, as a scholar, into 'theesotericcorner' are high.
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You cannot expect them to be interested in what seems to them to be youresotericconcerns.
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Contemporary practitioners have a large number ofesotericor hitherto lost texts to hand.
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One can, furthermore, speculate as to why certain features gain popularity and why others remainesoteric.
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General views about mind and brain were not then, as they are not now,esotericmatters.
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Each has made its perhapsesotericsubject interesting and accessible to a broad readership.
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The agenda mentioned earlier combined with the rather prescriptive nature of the text sadly leave little room for moreesotericconsiderations.
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The move away from the coterie, the reliance onesotericlanguage and system, is also an escape from a sanctioned common sense.
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The distinction between being able to do something and being able to bring oneself to do it is not contrived oresoteric.
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