obscure

英 [?b'skj??] 美[?b'skj?r]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?obscures;過去式:?obscured;過去分詞:?obscured;現(xiàn)在分詞:?obscuring;比較級:?obscurer;最高級:?obscurest;副詞:?obscurely;

1. ob- "over" + sc- "cover" (sky => sc-, sky的本義就是“cover”) + -ure.

obscure 使費解，模糊

來自拉丁語obscurus,黑暗的，遮蓋的，來自ob-,在上，表強調(diào)，-scurus,遮蓋的，來自PIE*skeu,遮蓋，隱藏，詞源同sky,house,hide.引申詞義使費解，模糊。

obscure: obscure: see sky
obscure (adj.): c. 1400, "dark," figuratively "morally unenlightened; gloomy," from Old French obscur, oscur "dark, clouded, gloomy; dim, not clear" (12c.) and directly from Latin obscurus "dark, dusky, shady," figuratively "unknown; unintelligible; hard to discern; from insignificant ancestors," from ob "over" (see ob-) + -scurus "covered," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see sky). Related: Obscurely.
obscure (v.): early 15c., "to cover (something), cloud over," from obscure (adj.) or else from Middle French obscurer, from Latin obscurare "to make dark, darken, obscure," from obscurus. Related: Obscured; obscuring.

1. Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.: 殺戮持續(xù)了數(shù)月后，真相在謠言、謊話和傳聞的遮掩下變得模糊不清。

2. These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.: 這些名不見經(jīng)傳的團體在國內(nèi)政界無足輕重。

5. The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point.: 玩笑并沒有掩蓋他的觀點隱含的嚴肅性.