obscurity

英 [əbˈskjʊərəti]

美 [əbˈskjʊrəti]

n.  默默无闻; 无名; 费解; 晦涩; 难懂的事; 昏暗; 黑暗

复数：obscurities　

GREIELTSTEM8

BNC.11476 / COCA.12434

牛津词典

noun

• 默默无闻；无名
  the state in which sb/sth is not well known or has been forgotten
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 费解；晦涩；难懂的事
  the quality of being difficult to understand; something that is difficult to understand
  1. 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。
  2. a speech full of obscurities
     一篇晦涩难懂的演说
• 昏暗；黑暗
  the state of being dark; darkness

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无名；默默无闻
  Obscurityis the state of being known by only a few people.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-VAR 晦涩；费解；难懂的事
  Obscurityis the quality of being difficult to understand. Anobscurityis something that is difficult to understand.
  1. '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. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
  Synonym:obscurenessabstrusenessreconditeness
• the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
  Synonym:obscureness
• an obscure and unimportant standing
  1. he worked in obscurity for many years

双语例句

• 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。
• The true hero behind all of the nation's recent economic miracles has finally emerged from obscurity.
  在最近这个国家的全部经济奇迹后面的真正英雄终于从默默无闻中显现出来。
• But in the last years of his life, Browning's poetic power showed a decline and his old defects of obscurity and mannerism became obvious.
  但在他生命的最后几年，褐变的诗歌和他的旧力呈现衰退的态度成了明显的缺陷和襄阳。
• Its obscurity, I discovered, can be ascribed to a rare case of pasty modesty.
  这实在是太奇怪了，简直算得上极少数的“谦虚”的馅饼。
• 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。
• He was a famous, poets, but he died in obscurity.
  他是位著名诗人，但却在默默无闻中死去。
• Percy says he plucked you from obscurity and he thinks you're a diamond in the rough.
  珀西说他提拔了你这个默默无闻的小卒，他认为你是一块璞玉。
• In Paris, at least, no one knows you, and this obscurity is a garment.
  在巴黎，至少，没有人认识你，彼此不相识，倒好象有了件蔽体的衣服。
• However, in some contexts, a bit of obscurity can help.
  但是，在某些场景中，隐匿一点儿会有帮助。
• They had begun long before books were printed, but it was printing that released them from obscurity.
  这些发展在书籍印成以前很久就已开始了，但把它们从朦胧状态中解放出来的却是印刷术。