obscure
obscure 英 [əbˈskjʊə(r)] 美 [əbˈskjʊr]
adj. 朦胧的；晦涩的，不清楚的；不出名的 vt. 使…模糊不清；使难理解
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- If something is obscure, it's vague and hard to see. Be careful if you're driving in heavy rain — the painted lines can be obscure.
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- adj. 朦胧的；晦涩的，不清楚的；不出名的
- vt. 使…模糊不清；使难理解
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1. an obscure German poet
一个名不见经传的德国诗人
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2. He was born around 1650 but his origins remain obscure.
他生于 1650 年前后，但身世不详。
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3. I found her lecture very obscure.
我觉得她的讲座非常费解。
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4. For some obscure reason,he failed to turn up.
他莫名其妙地没有如期露面。
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5. The view was obscured by fog.
雾中景色朦胧。
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6. We mustn't let these minor details obscure the main issue.
我们不能让枝节问题掩盖主要问题。
- obscure (adj.) c. 1400, "dark," figuratively "morally unenlightened; gloomy," from Old French obscur, oscur "dark, clouded, gloomy; dim, not clear" (12c.) and directly from Latin obscurus "dark, dusky, shady," figuratively "unknown; unintelligible; hard to discern; from insignificant ancestors," from ob "over" (see ob-) + -scurus "covered," from PIE root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal." Related: Obscurely.
- obscure (v.) early 15c., "to cover (something), cloud over," from obscure (adj.) or else from Middle French obscurer, from Latin obscurare "to make dark, darken, obscure," from obscurus. Related: Obscured; obscuring.
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