adj.无名的; 鲜为人知的; 费解的; 难以理解的
v.使模糊; 使隐晦; 使费解

过去分词：obscured第三人称单数：obscures现在分词：obscuring过去式：obscured比较级：obscurer

牛津词典

adj.

无名的；鲜为人知的not well known

an obscure German poet一个名不见经传的德国诗人

He was born around 1650 but his origins remain obscure.他生于1650年前后，但身世不详。

费解的；难以理解的difficult to understand

I found her lecture very obscure.我觉得她的讲座非常费解。

For some obscure reason , he failed to turn up.他莫名其妙地没有如期露面。

verb

使模糊；使隐晦；使费解to make it difficult to see, hear or understand sth

The view was obscured by fog.雾中景色朦胧。

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。

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 无名的；鲜为人知的；默默无闻的If something or someone is obscure, they are unknown, or are known by only a few people.The origin of the custom is obscure...这一习俗的起源鲜为人知。

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。

ADJ-GRADED （通常指因内容繁琐）晦涩的，费解的，难懂的Something that is obscure is difficult to understand or deal with, usually because it involves so many parts or details.The contracts are written in obscure language...这些合同的语言晦涩难懂。

Richard's statement was disgracefully obscure.理查德的声明隐晦费解，真是丢人。

VERB 遮掩；遮蔽；使模糊不清If one thing obscures another, it prevents it from being seen or heard properly.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。

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。

VERB 使晦涩；使费解；使难懂To obscure something means to make it difficult to understand....the jargon that frequently obscures educational writing...经常让普教著作变得艰深晦涩的术语

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。

双语例句

These obscure groups were of little account in national politics. 这些名不见经传的团体在国内政界无足轻重。

The derivation of its name is obscure 其名字的由来鲜为人知。

His writing is so diffuse and obscure that it is difficult to make out what it is he is trying to say. 他的文章含混晦涩，让人看后不知所云。

Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed. 杀戮持续了数月后，真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。

The origin of the custom is obscure 这一习俗的起源鲜为人知。

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。

The contracts are written in obscure language 这些合同的语言晦涩难懂。

Richard's statement was disgracefully obscure. 理查德的声明隐晦费解，真是丢人。

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。

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。

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。

The cold breeze moved through the bushes around him, whispering just loud enough to obscure the chanting 冷飕飕的风吹动着他周边的矮树丛，沙沙声刚好盖过了吟唱的声音。

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。

The meaning is still obscure to me. 我对这意义还很模糊。

Your ideas seem very obscure to me. 你的观点很叫我费解。

The bus stopped at an obscure little town. 公共汽车停在一个不知名的小城里。

The room is too obscure for reading. 这房间太昏暗了，无法看书。

The point of his speech is obscure. 他发言的要点模糊不清。

Don't allow one error to obscure great merits. 不以一眚掩大德。

There are many minor and obscure poets in the age of elizabeth. 伊丽莎白时代有许多不知名的诗人。

Dictionaries are still good for obscure usages and etymologies. 字典依然擅长于不常用的用法和词源。

This feature uses an obscure aspect of the C language to simplify the specification of message level or priority. 这个特性使用了C语言的一种模糊方面来简化消息级别和优先级的规范。

Unfortunately, this isn't ideal because it involves fairly obscure knowledge and lots of defensive system administration. 遗憾地是，这并不是理想的方法，因为它涉及相当模糊的知识和大量防御系统管理工作。

I had only an obscure view of it. 对这事我仅有一种模糊的想法。

Our knowledge is fairly obscure and extremely limited to this one new social group. 对这样一个新的社会群体，我们的认识都是比较模糊和极其有限的。

Who masked his hatred of Germans behind his obscure pseudo-sciences. 把他对德国人的憎恨隐藏在了他所谓的科学中。

An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text. 对文本中生僻词的解释或定义。

Her poetry is full of obscure literary allusions. 他的诗里用了很多晦涩的文学典故。

Explained the difficult words and obscure symbols; 解释那些难懂的词和难解的符号；

Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong! 它们遮掩了你，但不会对你不公！

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