obscure
昏暗的,朦胧的;晦涩的,不清楚的;隐蔽的;不著名的,无名的
使…模糊不清,掩盖;隐藏;使难理解;
某种模糊的或不清楚的东西;
变形
过去式:obscured过去分词:obscured现在分词:obscuring第三人称单数:obscures
双语释义
- 不出名的;不重要的 not well-known;unimportant
- 费解的;模糊不清的 hard to understand;not clear
- 不易看清的,暗淡的 not easily or clearly seen
- vt. 使模糊不清;掩盖 make difficult to see;hide sb/sth from view
英英释义
obscure
- v.
- make less visible or unclear
"The stars are obscured by the clouds"
同义词:befogbecloudobnubilatehaze overfogcloudmist
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
同义词:confuseblurobnubilate
- make obscure or unclear
"The distinction was obscured"
同义词:bedimovercloud
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
同义词:blot outobliterateveilhide
- make difficult to perceive by sight
"The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake"
同义词:benightbedim
- make less visible or unclear
- adj.
- not clearly understood or expressed
"an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"
同义词:vague
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
"those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
同义词:dark
- difficult to find
"an obscure retreat"
同义词:hidden
- not famous or acclaimed
"an obscure family"
同义词:unknownunsung
- not drawing attention
"an obscure flaw"
同义词:unnoticeable
- remote and separate physically or socially
"an obscure village"
同义词:apart(p)isolated
- not clearly understood or expressed
词汇搭配
- obscure corner昏暗的角落
- obscure explanation模糊的解释
- obscure meaning意思模糊
- obscure mind令人费解的思想
- obscure position小职位
- obscure room阴暗的房间
- obscure sound模糊的声音
词组短语
obscure glass不透茫璃;毛玻璃
同近义词辨析
这组词都有“模糊”的意思,其区别是:
dima.光线暗淡的,看不清的;记忆力模糊的;不大可能的。
Don't work in dim light.不要在昏暗的光线下工作。
His changes of recovery from illness are dim.他康复的可能性十分渺茫。
uncleara.指句意、字迹不清楚,使人难以看懂;不肯定的。
Unclear writing is difficult to understand.模糊的字迹使人难以辨认。
It is unclear whether the economy will get better.经济是否好转仍不明朗。
vaguea.含混的,不清楚的,多用于比喻意义,用来表示因逻辑关系不清、言辞笼统而导致的意义不清楚,该词也可表示轮廓形状的不清楚和模糊。
He has some vague ideas about what to do, but nothing specific.他大概知道他要做什么,但没有具体的计划。
obscurea.用于表达因光线不足而使人看不清楚。该词的引申意义可以表示语法、文字、记忆等因复杂、深奥、模棱两可而使人看不懂和无法理解。
The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many obscure references.艾兹拉·庞德的诗有时候难以理解,因为诗歌中含有许多令人费解的典故。
ambiguousa.意义含糊的,有歧义的,指因字、词、句有歧义而使人感到模糊不清、难以理解和把握。
His ambiguous directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.他的模棱两可的指导使我们很迷惑以至于我们不知道该走哪条路了。
obedient服从的,顺从的
objective客观的;
obstinate顽固的,顽强的;
obscure晦涩的,难理解的;
这组词都有“完全地或不完全地缺少光亮”的意思,其区别是:
dim指光线不足或视力较差,不能清晰地看见物体。
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。
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。
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。
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。
这组词都有“不明确的,模糊的”的意思,其区别是:
faint指对某事物印象不深,或指声音微弱或希望的渺茫等。
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。
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。
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。
双语例句
- The rules for the competition are somewhat obscure.
比赛的规则有点让人费解。 - The reasons why he did it are obscure.
他做那事的理由还不清楚。 - The report had been published in an obscure German journal.
这个报道刊登在德国一家不著名的报纸上。 - He set the bed in an obscure corner.
他把床放在一个昏暗的角落。
- The moon was obscured by clouds.
月亮被云遮住了。 - Recent successes have obscured the fact that the company is still in trouble.
近来的成功掩盖了公司仍旧处于困境中的事实。 - This language serves to disguise and obscure.
这种话是用来文过饰非的。
- Hence things whichhave perplexed you and made the case more obscure have served to enlighten meand to strengthen my conclusions.
因此,那些使你们大惑不解并且使案情更加模糊不清的事物,却会对我有所启发,并且能加强我的论断。