obscurity
英 [əb'skjʊərɪtɪ]
美[əb'skjʊrəti]
- n. 朦胧；阴暗；晦涩；身份低微；不分明
词态变化
复数: obscurities;
中文词源
obscurity 费解，晦涩难懂
来自obscure,使费解，模糊，-ity,名词后缀。
英英释意
- 1. the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
- 2. an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known;
- "he worked in obscurity for many years"
- 3. the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- The actress was only 17 when she was plucked from obscurity and made a star.
- 这个演员受到提携从无名少女一跃成为明星时年仅17岁。
牛津词典
- He spent most of his life working in obscurity.
- 他在默默无闻的工作中度过了大半生。
牛津词典
- The course teaches students to avoid ambiguity and obscurity of expression.
- 这门课程教学生避免表达上的模棱两可、含混不清。
牛津词典
- a speech full of obscurities
- 一篇晦涩难懂的演说
牛津词典
- For the lucky few, there's the chance of being plucked from obscurity and thrown into the glamorous world of modelling...
- 只有极少数幸运儿才有机会从籍籍无名中脱颖而出，进入光鲜亮丽的模特圈。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The latter half of his life was spent in obscurity and loneliness.
- 他在默默无闻中孤独地度过了后半生。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 'How can that be?' asked Hunt, irritated by the obscurity of Henry's reply...
- “怎么会那样呢？”亨特问道，亨利含糊费解的回答让他恼火。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Whatever its obscurities, the poem was clear on at least one count.
- 这首诗再怎么晦涩，至少有一点是清楚的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Many great men rose from obscurity to fame.
- 许多伟人都是从卑微变得显赫的.
期刊摘选
- The song remained in obscurity for two years.
- 在此后的两年里,这首歌一直默默无闻.
期刊摘选
- He lives in obscurity and contends with hardship.
- 他默默无闻、茹苦含辛.
期刊摘选
- It is the custom to consider that wit lies in obscurity.
- 现在人们都把晦涩当成聪明.
辞典例句
- There is another form of wilful obscurity that masquerades as aristocratic exclusiveness.
- 还有一种故意造成的含糊其词,用以掩盖其贵族老爷式的孤傲态度.
辞典例句
- But government policy is beginning to lift biofuels from obscurity.
- 不过,政府的政策正在将生物燃料从不为人知推向前台.
期刊摘选
- The causes of earthquakes are still hidden in obscurity.
- 地震的原因仍然隐蔽在蒙昧之中.
期刊摘选
- His contribution to pure land of Buddhism and his obscurity in ages formed a sharp contrast.
- 他对净土宗所做出的贡献与他后世的沉没形成了鲜明的对比.
期刊摘选
- Even utter obscurity need not be an obstacle to [ political ] success ( New Republic )
- 虽说状况不明,也不一定是 [ 政治的 ] 成功的阻碍新共和国 )
期刊摘选
- The gods, however, will not allow him to fade into obscurity.
- 然而诸神却不让他淡然退出.
期刊摘选
- For all its obscurity, the market they operate in is huge.
- 有一个显著的特点是, 商业天使的这块投资市场是巨大的.
期刊摘选
- He worked in obscurity for many years.
- 他多年来都是一个小人物.
期刊摘选
- They would have continued to struggleeconomic odds and would have lived in obscurity.
- 他们会继续过紧巴巴的日子,默默无闻地活着.
期刊摘选
- They then perceived two men conversing in the obscurity.
- 他们发觉有两个人正在阴影星谈话.
期刊摘选
- No longer do small country auction houses have to languish in obscurity.
- 不会再有小的乡下拍卖行在犄角旮旯里自生自灭了.
期刊摘选
- He has risen from obscurity to international fame.
- 他已从默默无闻之辈而成为国际上的名人.
辞典例句
- The explanation was concise , even elliptical to the verge of obscurity.
- 这份解释三缄其口, 甚至省略到了模糊的地步.
期刊摘选
- Equivocality, Obscurity, or Ambiguity : A Study Ambiguity Theory ""
- 含混 、 朦胧, 或歧义--燕卜荪“复义理论 ” 研究.
期刊摘选
- The obscurity of the passage makes several interpretations possible.
- 这段文字隐晦,因而有可能作出好几种解释.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The actress was only 17 when she was plucked from obscurity and made a star.
- 这个演员受到提携从无名少女一跃成为明星时年仅17岁。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- His prose is vigorous and dense, occasionally to the point of obscurity.
- 他的散文文笔有力、内容庞杂，有时几近晦涩。
柯林斯例句