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的酒店大亨。
來自柯林斯例句