obscure

• adj. 昏暗的，朦胧的；晦涩的，不清楚的；隐蔽的；不著名的，无名的
• vt. 使…模糊不清，掩盖；隐藏；使难理解
• n. 某种模糊的或不清楚的东西

来自拉丁语obscurus,黑暗的，遮盖的，来自ob-,在上，表强调，-scurus,遮盖的，来自PIE*skeu,遮盖，隐藏，词源同sky,house,hide.引申词义使费解，模糊。

1. make less visible or unclear;

"The stars are obscured by the clouds"

2. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;

"Her remarks confused the debate"

"Their words obnubilate their intentions"

3. make obscure or unclear;

"The distinction was obscured"

4. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing;

"a hidden message"

"a veiled threat"

5. make difficult to perceive by sight;

"The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake"

obscure

obscure: see sky

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 *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see sky). 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.

dark, dim, black, gloomy, obscure, vague, grey

这些形容词都含有"完全地或不完全地缺少光亮"之意。

dark： 最普通用词，指缺乏自然光线或人工照明，使某物漆黑无光或光线十分微弱。

dim： 指光线不足或视力较差，不能清晰地看见物体。

black： 侧重颜色是黑色的，有时也指无光的黑暗。

gloomy： 指光线不足或部分光线受阻而出现的阴暗。

obscure： 指因光线不充足而使物体灰暗不清，失去光泽或若隐若现。作借喻时指因复杂、深奥或含糊而难于理解。

vague： 通常作借喻用，形容抽象事物。

grey与dark意思相近，但侧重阴暗单调的意味。

vague, dim, indefinite, obscure, ambiguous, faint

这些形容词均含"不明确的，模糊的"之意。

vague： 多指因语言不确切，太笼统或因构思含糊、不完善而造成模糊难解。

dim： 侧重指或因光线暗淡，或因年代久远、身体欠佳等因素而产生视觉或察觉方面的困难。

indefinite： 指无明确定义或限定，重点或总体轮廓不明确。

obscure： 语气最强，指晦涩难懂。

ambiguous： 指文章或讲话中，意思可能有多种理解，令人捉摸不定。

faint： 指对某事物印象不深，或指声音微弱或希望的渺茫等。

The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

Factors such as the place and period in which we are reading, our gender ethnicity, age and social class will encourage us towards certain interpretation but at the same time obscure or even close off others.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

At the same time, Dickens, who had a reporter’s eye for transcribing the life around him especially anything comic or odd, submitted short sketches to obscure magazines.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

At the same time, Dickens, who had a reporter's eye for transcribing the life around him especially anything comic or odd, submitted short sketches to obscure magazines.

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

That might seem rather an obscure point, but it sets the tone for an exhibition that contains a lot of black-and-white photographs and relatively few natural objects.

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

an obscure German poet

一个名不见经传的德国诗人

牛津词典

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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I found her lecture very obscure.

我觉得她的讲座非常费解。

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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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They were making her feel obscurely worried (= for reasons that were difficult to understand) .

他们让她无缘无故地担忧起来。

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The view was obscured by fog.

雾中景色朦胧。

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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。

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The origin of the custom is obscure...

这一习俗的起源鲜为人知。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The hymn was written by an obscure Greek composer for the 1896 Athens Olympics.

这首赞歌是希腊一位名不见经传的作曲家为1896年的雅典奥运会创作的。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The contracts are written in obscure language...

这些合同的语言晦涩难懂。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Richard's statement was disgracefully obscure.

理查德的声明隐晦费解，真是丢人。

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Trees obscured his vision; he couldn't see much of the Square's southern half...

树木遮挡了他的视线，南半广场的一大部分他都无法看清。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

One wall of the parliament building is now almost completely obscured by a huge banner.

议会大楼的一面墙现在几乎被一条巨型横幅完全盖住了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the jargon that frequently obscures educational writing...

经常让普教著作变得艰深晦涩的术语

柯林斯高阶英语词典

This issue has been obscured by recent events.

最近发生的一些事件使这一问题变得混淆不清。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

To read or interpret ( ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter ).

解读解读 ( 含混 、 难以理解或无法辨认的东西 )

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I found her lecture very obscure.

我发现她的讲座非常费解.

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Veiled and obscure as Ruanji's Poems of Lyrics are, the tragedy consciousness is apparent.

阮籍的《咏怀》诗含蓄而隐晦, 但其间所流露出来的悲剧意识是显而易见的.

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It has obscure seasons and clear rainy and dry seasons.

攀枝花四季界限不分明,但是有明显的雨季和干季.

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Their physiological significance is obscure.

它们的生理功能是含糊不清的.

辞典例句

Otherwise you could be pretty obscure.

在别处,没人会知道你是谁.

期刊摘选

His clarity of thought and capacity to understand my obscure ramblings is truly exceptional.

他思路之清晰和理解我讲的黑话的能力是无与伦比的.

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An impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit.

一种爆发的冲动,要为他自己精神爆发一场说不清的战斗.

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Once just an obscure statistical method, instrumental variables are now popping up all over the place.

“工具变量”以前只是一种模糊统计方法, 而如今却满天飞舞.

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However, the homogenization mechanism and practical factors that influence the equilibrium potential remains obscure.

然而这种均匀化方法的物理机制及影响平衡电位的实际因素至今尚未明确.

期刊摘选

There are more obscure poems written and printed every year than clear ones.

每年创作和发表的诗篇,含蓄不露的比明朗的多.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The obscure charges against him lacked specification.

对他的模糊的指控缺乏明确的说明.

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