英语词典 · 单词释义
obscurity
英 [əb'skjʊərɪtɪ] 美 [əb'skjʊrəti]
这里集中整理“obscurity”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 朦胧；阴暗；晦涩；身份低微；不分明
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
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.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. 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.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. "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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Gino clawed his way out of underworld obscurity to become a millionaire hotelier.
- 吉诺从底层社会的无名小卒一步步奋斗成为拥有百万家财的酒店大亨。
来自柯林斯例句