obscurity 词态变化
复数: obscurities;
obscurity 中文词源
obscurity 费解，晦涩难懂来自obscure,使费解，模糊，-ity,名词后缀。
obscurity 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.
obscurity 英文释义
- 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
obscurity 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
obscurity 实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- a speech full of obscurities
- 一篇晦涩难懂的演说
牛津词典
- For the lucky few, there's the chance of being plucked from obscurity and thrown into the glamorous world of modelling...
- 只有极少数幸运儿才有机会从籍籍无名中脱颖而出，进入光鲜亮丽的模特圈。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The latter half of his life was spent in obscurity and loneliness.
- 他在默默无闻中孤独地度过了后半生。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- '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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Whatever its obscurities, the poem was clear on at least one count.
- 这首诗再怎么晦涩，至少有一点是清楚的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Many great men rose from obscurity to fame.
- 许多伟人都是从卑微变得显赫的.
期刊摘选
- The song remained in obscurity for two years.
- 在此后的两年里,这首歌一直默默无闻.
期刊摘选
- He lives in obscurity and contends with hardship.
- 他默默无闻、茹苦含辛.
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- It is the custom to consider that wit lies in obscurity.
- 现在人们都把晦涩当成聪明.
辞典例句
- There is another form of wilful obscurity that masquerades as aristocratic exclusiveness.
- 还有一种故意造成的含糊其词,用以掩盖其贵族老爷式的孤傲态度.
辞典例句
- But government policy is beginning to lift biofuels from obscurity.
- 不过,政府的政策正在将生物燃料从不为人知推向前台.
期刊摘选
- The causes of earthquakes are still hidden in obscurity.
- 地震的原因仍然隐蔽在蒙昧之中.
期刊摘选
- His contribution to pure land of Buddhism and his obscurity in ages formed a sharp contrast.
- 他对净土宗所做出的贡献与他后世的沉没形成了鲜明的对比.
期刊摘选
- Even utter obscurity need not be an obstacle to [ political ] success ( New Republic )
- 虽说状况不明,也不一定是 [ 政治的 ] 成功的阻碍新共和国 )
期刊摘选
- The gods, however, will not allow him to fade into obscurity.
- 然而诸神却不让他淡然退出.
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- For all its obscurity, the market they operate in is huge.
- 有一个显著的特点是, 商业天使的这块投资市场是巨大的.
期刊摘选
- He worked in obscurity for many years.
- 他多年来都是一个小人物.
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- 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.
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- They then perceived two men conversing in the obscurity.
- 他们发觉有两个人正在阴影星谈话.
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- No longer do small country auction houses have to languish in obscurity.
- 不会再有小的乡下拍卖行在犄角旮旯里自生自灭了.
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- He has risen from obscurity to international fame.
- 他已从默默无闻之辈而成为国际上的名人.
辞典例句
- The explanation was concise , even elliptical to the verge of obscurity.
- 这份解释三缄其口, 甚至省略到了模糊的地步.
期刊摘选
- Equivocality, Obscurity, or Ambiguity : A Study Ambiguity Theory ""
- 含混 、 朦胧, 或歧义--燕卜荪“复义理论 ” 研究.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- 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。
柯林斯例句
