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ob·scu·ri·ty
b skyuh rih ti
复数:obscurities
词根:obscure
adj.obscure 模糊的;晦涩的;昏暗的
adv.obscurely 费解地,晦涩地;隐匿地
vt.obscure 遮掩;使变暗;使难理解
Noun
1. the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
2. an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known;
"he worked in obscurity for many years"
3. the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
15世纪晚期, obscurite,“没有光,缺乏亮度或光泽的状态”; 1610年代,意为“未知或不显眼的状态”; 来自 obscure(形容词)+ -ity; 或者来自古法语 obscurete,是 oscureté 的变体,“黑暗,阴暗; 模糊,混乱; 无足轻重”(14世纪),直接源自拉丁语 obscuritatem(主格 obscuritas),“黑暗,模糊,不确定性”,来自 obscurus。指“不清楚理解的质量或状态”始于15世纪晚期(卡克斯顿)。
When I was asked to talk about the Obscurity of the Modern Poet I was delighted, for I have suffered from this obscurity all my life. But then I realized that I was being asked to talk not about the fact that people don't read poetry, but about the fact that most of them wouldn't understand it if they did .... [Randall Jarrell, "The Obscurity of Poetry," 1953]
当我被要求谈论现代诗人的晦涩时,我感到很高兴,因为我一生都受到这种晦涩的困扰。但后来我意识到,我被要求谈论的不是人们不读诗的事实,而是如果他们读了,大多数人都不会理解它.... [兰德尔·贾勒尔,“诗歌的晦涩”,1953年]
不出名
Middle English obscurite, borrowed from Anglo-French oscurté, obscurité, borrowed from Latin obscūritāt-, obscūritās, from obscūrus "dim, dark, imperfectly known, concealed from knowledge, incomprehensible" + -itāt-, -itās -ity — more at obscure >entry 1
The first known use of obscurity was in the 14th century
observableadjective
able to be observed : noticeable
obsequiousadjective
overly eager to help or obey at the wish or command of another person especially to gain favor
obsequiousadjective
overly eager to help or obey at the wish or command of another person especially to gain favor
obsequiousadjective
overly eager to help or obey at the wish or command of another person especially to gain favor
obscuritynoun
something that is obscure
the quality or state of being obscure
1 He spent most of his life working in obscurity.
他在默默无闻的工作中度过了大半生。
2 It has, in effect, saved Redmond from complete mobile obscurity.
事实上它把雷蒙德公司从彻底的手机晦暗状态下拯救了出来。
3 Centuries went by, and Vermeer fell into obscurity.
4 Get A Job is, as you'd expect, nothing out of the ordinary, and certainly not something that will save them from the chasm of obscurity.
5 Sometimes the winning film achieves international success, but often it sinks into obscurity.
6 Its origin is lost in obscurity.
它的起源己搞不清楚了。
7 They would have continued to struggleeconomic odds and would have lived in obscurity.
他们会继续过紧巴巴的日子,默默无闻地活着.
8 Today, it has the clout to be able to pluck comedians from obscurity and elevate them to household names.
9 The obscurities of early Greek poets.
10 Two hundred ninety-nine enjoyed a bumpy ride from relative obscurity to total oblivion.
11 Middleton herself, at 29, is viewed as much older and wiser than Diana who emerged from obscurity as a 19-year-old to become Prince Charles's bride and front page news.
12 The course teaches students to avoid ambiguity and obscurity of expression.
这门课程教学生避免表达上的模棱两可、含混不清。
13 We might do a couple more of the same level of obscurity.
14 "The Estefans' journey of success, led by raw talent and passion, is captivating as it drove them from relative obscurity to global sensations," Jimmy Nederlander, the organization's president, said in a statement announcing the deal.
15 He had emerged from obscurity less than three years before, a prince among thousands of princes, who had charmed and plotted his way to the top of the kingdom’s power structure.
16 The manners and morals of fledgling members of the privileged class have always interested this director, who made three sweet, astringent comedies in the 1990s before receding into a much remarked-upon, now thankfully concluded obscurity.
17 Yet as Ms. Singleton saw it, Mr. Gordy himself was the cause of her obscurity.
18 Madame Grès, the legendary creator of the sensual austerity of a draped dress, died in obscurity more than 17 years ago.
19 Houseplants, embraced by hirsute, plaid-draped baby boomers in the 1970s, fell into obscurity before being rescued in this century by millennials.
20 After fading into obscurity, the late artist Francis Hines is gaining new attention after a car mechanic rescued hundreds of his paintings from a dumpster in Connecticut.
1 无名
unknown obscure nameless anonymous gray unnamed inglorious uncelebrated innominate noteless unrenowned anonymity
2 模糊
liberal dull obscure dim vague blurred woolly illegible indistinct muzzy faintness muffle obfuscate
3 昏暗
dark dull dim murky shadowy dingy sombre dusky grey darkling dimly gloom murk obscure twilight gloomy somber crepuscular Cimmerian caliginous shadow blur dusk obscuration shadowland blind
5 暧昧
mysterious obscure vague muddy dusty doubtful dubious murky transcendental equivocal backhanded two-edged oracular multivocal lefthanded double-barrelled shadily haze opacity mysticism cobweb equivocation obliquity shadiness equivocality
6 朦胧
soft obscure vague cloudy foggy hazy crepuscular twilit dimly blearily fuzzily darkling mistily cloudily filmily cloud fog cloudiness dreamworld dimness obscuration haziness mistiness mist haze dim twilight fuzzy opaque dusk misty veiled nebulous dusky filmy film shade opacity dream dreamy ghostly shadowy woolly indistinct diaphanous vaporous blear dimmish darkly gloom nebulosity shadow bedim
8 晦涩
dense obscure hazy elliptic opacity elliptical crabbed foggy recondite opaque murky diffuse meaningless verbiage
11 阴暗
infuscate heavy grave dull obscure shady gloomy shadowy overcast dingy umbral darksome sulkily gloomily somberly blackly shadily shadow shade gloom obscuration gloominess shadiness bedim overcloud dim misty scowl umbrage murk cloud
12 模糊的东西
13 不明了
14 含糊
amphibolic double loose neutral obscure uncertain vague doubtful dubious lax intangible indeterminate nebulous imprecise equivocal waffling noncommittal noncommittally mistily muddle nebulosity cloud unclear hazy ambiguity amphibolous dark slippery dusty opaque ambiguous murky multivocal inexplicit hesitatingly darkness uncertainty hesitation indefiniteness equivocality hesitate befog
15 黑暗
black dark gloomy unlit darkling darkness gloom tenebrific tenebrious obscure onyx sable sunless murk Cimmerian rayless scungy blackly night opaque blackness dern becloud
17 难解
involved abstract obscure inaccessible esoteric enigmatic baffling puzzling unintelligible hermetic abstruse Delphic recondite puzzlingly abstrusely knottily abstrusity hardness unintelligibility enigmatize puzzle
18 暗
black dark obscure murky gloomy lightless darkly blackly shade shut darken gloom overcast blacken
19 无名的人