obscurity
英 [?b'skj??r?t?]
美 [?b'skj?r?ti]
中文詞源
obscurity 費解，晦澀難懂來自obscure,使費解，模糊，-ity,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. His prose is vigorous and dense, occasionally to the point of obscurity.
- 他的散文文筆有力、內(nèi)容龐雜，有時幾近晦澀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The actress was only 17 when she was plucked from obscurity and made a star.
- 這個演員受到提攜從無名少女一躍成為明星時年僅17歲。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The obscurity of the passage makes several interpretations possible.
- 這段文字隱晦,因而有可能作出好幾種解釋.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. "How can that be?" asked Hunt, irritated by the obscurity of Henry's reply.
- “怎么會那樣呢？”亨特問道，亨利含糊費解的回答讓他惱火。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Gino clawed his way out of underworld obscurity to become a millionaire hotelier.
- 吉諾從底層社會的無名小卒一步步奮斗成為擁有百萬家財?shù)木频甏蠛唷?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句