obscurity
英 [?b'skj??r?t?]
美[?b'skj?r?ti]
- n. 朦朧；陰暗；晦澀；身份低微；不分明
TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?obscurities;
中文詞源
obscurity 費(fèi)解，晦澀難懂
來(lái)自obscure,使費(fèi)解，模糊，-ity,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- obscurity (n.)
- late 15c., "absence of light;" 1610s with meaning "condition of being unknown;" from obscure (adj.) + -ity; or else from Middle French obscurité, variant of Old French oscureté "darkness, gloom; vagueness, confusion; insignificance" (14c.), from Latin obscuritatem (nominative obscuritas) "darkness, indistinctness, uncertainty," from obscurus.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. His prose is vigorous and dense, occasionally to the point of obscurity.
- 他的散文文筆有力、內(nèi)容龐雜，有時(shí)幾近晦澀。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The actress was only 17 when she was plucked from obscurity and made a star.
- 這個(gè)演員受到提攜從無(wú)名少女一躍成為明星時(shí)年僅17歲。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The obscurity of the passage makes several interpretations possible.
- 這段文字隱晦,因而有可能作出好幾種解釋.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. "How can that be?" asked Hunt, irritated by the obscurity of Henry's reply.
- “怎么會(huì)那樣呢？”亨特問(wèn)道，亨利含糊費(fèi)解的回答讓他惱火。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Gino clawed his way out of underworld obscurity to become a millionaire hotelier.
- 吉諾從底層社會(huì)的無(wú)名小卒一步步奮斗成為擁有百萬(wàn)家財(cái)?shù)木频甏蠛唷?/dd>
來(lái)自柯林斯例句