abstruse
abstruse 英 [əbˈstru:s] 美 [æbˈstrus, əb-]
adj. 深奥的；难懂的
比较级:abstruser 最高级:abstrusest
- Abstruse things are difficult to understand because they are so deep and intellectually challenging. It might be hard to figure out how a toilet flushes but the technology that goes into making the Internet function is abstruse.
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- adj. 深奥的；难懂的
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1. I've been working on this abstruse problem ever since last year.
自从去年以来， 我一直在钻研这个深奥的问题。
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2. It can well be imagined that one would not ordinarily relish being drawn into abstruse discussions with such a person.
很容易想象，我们平日里是不太愿意同这样的人在一起进行这种深奥的讨论的。
- abstruse (adj.) 1590s, "remote from comprehension," from Middle French abstrus (16c.) or directly from Latin abstrusus "hidden, concealed, secret," past participle of abstrudere "conceal, hide," literally "to thrust away," from assimilated form of ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + trudere "to thrust, push," from PIE root *treud- "to press, push, squeeze" (see threat). Related: Abstrusely; abstruseness.
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