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obscurity
/әb`skjʊrәtɪ/ /әb`skʊrәtɪ/
(复数: obscurities)
n.
Darkness; gloom 阴暗;朦胧。
Unintelligibility; ambiguity; vagueness. 难懂;晦涩;含糊。
Humble position in life. 微贱;默默无闻。
短语:
in obscurity 不为世人所知;没落。
- 英语>简体中文, 美语词典
obscurity
/əbˈskjʊərɪtɪ/
n. (复obscurities)
1. [+of reply, statement] 晦涩;费解
- Dixon didn't mind the obscurity of the reference. 狄克逊不介意引文的晦涩难懂。
- '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。
2. [+of unknown person, thing] 无名;默默无闻
- He has risen from obscurity to international fame. 他由默默无闻跃升至国际闻名。
to be plucked from obscurity 摆脱默默无闻
- There's the chance of being plucked from obscurity and thrown into the glamorous world of modelling. 有机会从默默无闻中脱颖而出, 进入光鲜亮丽的模特圈。
in obscurity 默默无闻地
- The latter half of his life was spent in obscurity and loneliness. 他的后半生在默默无闻和寂寞孤独中度过。
- He died in relative obscurity. 他在相对默默无闻中死去。
to fade into obscurity 逐渐变得默默无闻
- Some became rock'n'roll casualties, others faded into obscurity. 一些人成了摇滚音乐的受害者, 其他人则逐渐落得默默无闻。
3. (little-known person) 无名的人
(little-known piece of music) 不知名的音乐
- The time has come for the obscurities in the Cabinet to show us what they're made of. 内阁里那些名不见经传的人也是时候展示一下自己是什么样的人了。
- The musical content is an entertaining blend of classics and obscurities. 曲目内容是经典乐曲和不知名乐曲的组合, 挺有趣的。
4. (abstruse detail) 晦涩之处;费解之处
- Whatever its obscurities, the poem was clear on at least one count. 尽管有一些费解之处, 这首诗至少有一个方面是清楚易懂的。
- He had helped Eliot, almost as an editor, by pointing out the obscurities in his writing. 他曾经帮助过艾略特, 几乎像个编辑那样, 指出他作品中的晦涩之处。
- certain anomalies and obscurities in the text 文本中的某些反常和晦涩难懂之处
5. <文> (darkness) 昏暗;黑暗;暗淡
- The animal must have scuttled into the obscurity of the surrounding bushes. 那些动物肯定是逃进周围黑漆漆的灌木丛了。
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉大词典
obscurity
n.(名词) 【复数】 ob.scu.ri.ties
1. Deficiency or absence of light; darkness. 黑暗:光线不足或没有光线;昏暗
2. The quality or condition of being unknown: 不清楚的性质或状态:
- “Even utter obscurity need not be an obstacle to&I{[political]} success” (&b{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)
3. One that is unknown. 未知的人或事物
4. The quality or condition of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand: 难于理解的:没有被彻底知晓或难于理解的性质或状态:
- “writings meant to be understood . . . by all, composed without deliberate obscurity or hidden motives”(&b{National Review}) “作品是要被所有人理解的,而不是带着故意不让人知晓或隐藏的动机写成的”(国内评论)
5. An instance of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand. 难于理解的:不被清楚知晓或难于理解的例子
- 英语>简体中文, 美国传统词典
obscurity
n.
不明, 费解, 隐晦, 无闻
- His poems are full of obscurities. 他的诗有很多晦涩费解的地方。
晦涩或不明的事物
- 英语>简体中文, 简明英汉词典
obscurity1
n.
暗(淡); 朦胧
含糊; 晦涩, 不明确
无名的人[地方]; 低微的人[处境]
- retire into obscurity 隐退
- rise from obscurity 出身微贱
- sink into obscurity 被世人忘掉, 湮没无闻
英语>简体中文, 现代英汉综合大辞典
obscurity
n 不清楚;不出名
【反】celebrity(n 名聲;名人);certitude(n 確實)
英语>繁体中文, GRE词汇精选
obscurity
/əbˈskjʊərɪtɪ/
(obscurities)
1. 不可数名词 Obscurity is the state of being known by only a few people. 鲜为人知的状态
- For the lucky few, there's the chance of being plucked from obscurity and thrown into the glamorous world of modelling. 极少数幸运者有机会从默默无闻中脱颖而出,跻身多彩的模特儿世界。
2. 有变体名词 Obscurity is the quality of being difficult to understand. An obscurity is something that is difficult to understand. 难懂性; 难懂之物
- "How can that be?" asked Hunt, irritated by the obscurity of Henry's reply. “怎么会那样?”亨特问道,亨利费解的回答让他气愤。
英语>简体中文, 高级英汉双解词典