esoteric

adj.

秘传的；机密的；难解的，深奥的；限于少数人的

esoteric buddhism密宗（秘教性的佛教）

1. I asked, but he said he couldn't tell me the recipe because it was esoteric.
   我问了，但是他说他不能告诉我那药方，因为那是秘传的。
2. Certain kinds of armor are made according to arcane and esoteric methods that involve weaving magic into the substance of the armor.
   有一些护甲在制造的过程中用秘传的方法和神秘的技艺将魔法编织在护甲之上。
3. Like many esoteric pursuits, this has been facilitated by the internet.
   像好多神秘的追求嗜好一样，互联网也已经为此提供了便利。
4. There are no esoteric formulas or secret states of mind that produce good designs effortlessly.
   没有任何奥妙的公式或神秘的心境可毫不费力地提出好的设计方案。
5. Eventual consistency is not some esoteric property of extreme distributed systems.
   最终一致性不是那些被过度分布的系统中存在的晦涩难懂的属性。

Esoteric Discourse Analysis
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