obscure

[US]/əbˈskjʊə(r)/
[UK]/əbˈskjʊr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 無名的;鮮爲人知的 費解的,晦澀的
v. 遮掩;使難理解隱藏
Word Forms
現在分詞obscuring
過去分詞obscured
過去式obscured
第三人稱單數obscures
比較級obscurer
最高級obscurest

Phrases & Collocations

obscure meaning

含義模糊

obscure language

晦澀難懂

obscure reference

模糊的參考

obscure origin

不明確的起源

obscure artist

鮮爲人知的藝術家

obscure glass

不透茫璃;毛玻璃

Example Sentences

to obscure the truth

掩蓋真相

Real-world Examples

Clouds were obscuring the moon completely.

浮雲把月亮完全遮住了。

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Yes. Jonathan Gruber was pretty obscure until recently.

對,喬納森·格魯伯直到最近依然不太知名。

Source: NPR News November 2014 Compilation

A red carpet now obscures exquisite floor mosaics.

現在紅地毯蓋上了地板上精緻的圖案。

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

And the rhetorical battle obscures important areas of agreement.

這場爭論實際上模糊了雙方共同觀點中的重要領域。

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

But even this weakened sunlight is often obscured for days by enormous dust storms.

但即便是這樣稀薄的陽光也經常被巨大的沙塵暴遮蓋數天。

Source: Kurzgesagt science animation

No matter how heavy the clouds may be, they can't obscure this phenomenon.

不論雲彩怎麼濃厚,都不能使它沉黑。

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Whenever you run into it, it always obscures the truth.

每當你遇到這樣的情況,偏見就會掩蓋真相。

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

All these stuffy old white guys with their treatises and obscure terminologies.

迂腐刻板的白人教授以及他們難懂的論文和晦澀的術語。

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

For comparison, a planet the size of Jupiter would only obscure the star by just 1%.

相比之下,一顆木星大小的行星只會讓這顆恆星變暗 1%。

Source: Realm of Legends

He grew the bushy black beard that obscured his face.

他留濃密的黑鬍子以模糊他的面容。

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) May 2016 Collection

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