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单词 obtuseness
释义
obtuseness
noun[U]
formal
uk
/əbˈtʃuːs.nəs/us
/ɑːbˈtuːs.nəs/
thequalityof beingstupidandslowtounderstand, orunwillingtotrytounderstand:
Heshookhisheadat his own obtuseness.
Amy's obtuseness isdifficulttounderstand.
See
obtuse
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  • When Ilookback, Iwonderat mystubbornobtuseness.
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  • He has manyfaults,particularlyhis obtusenessregardingwomen andrace.
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(Definition ofobtusenessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofobtuseness

obtuseness
The problem with this view is not so much moralobtusenessor factual inaccuracy as mythology about how things work.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He has shown considerable ingenuity, or considerableobtuseness, in misrepresenting the views of those from whom he differs.
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He has done so with invariable politeness and courtesy, but also with a certain amount ofobtuseness.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
However, let us assume that those improvements have taken place and that it is only ourobtusenessor political prejudice which fail to recognise them.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have never known suchobtusenessas that.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was all a littleobtusenessby big business always slow to revise its rules.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am sure it is my ownobtuseness.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That shows a really startling, in his case,obtuseness.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That was no doubt due to myobtusenessand not to any lack of clarity on his part.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He showed a remarkable degree ofobtuseness.
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But, having shown his perspicacity in putting his finger on the right point, withobtusenessunusual in him he got the wrong end of the stick.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What this has to do with taxing the earnings of a workman or anybody else entirely escapes me, although that may be due to my ownobtuseness.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
A terrible liar, because hisobtusenessinvariably leads to him giving himself away.
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Martyrdom, rather than being a moral high ground or position of strength, is indicative of an "obtuseness" to the question of truth.
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All of this, in its mixture of acuteness andobtuseness, fallacies and foresights, is quite normal for a historian.
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