| 词汇 | obscurity |
| 释义 | obscurity noun[ U ] uk /əbˈskjʊə.rə.ti/ us /əbˈskjʊr.ə.t̬i/ obscuritynoun[U] (NOT KNOWN)the state of not being known to many people: 无名；鲜为人知；默默无闻 He was briefly famous in his twenties but then sank into obscurity.他在20来岁时曾一度小有名气，但随后便湮没无闻了。 He rose from relative obscurity to worldwide recognition.他从默默无闻一下变成世界闻名。 Unknown and unfamiliar a pig in a pokeidiom alien alienly alienness anti-foreign anti-foreigner not be in someone's vocabularyidiom obscure obscurely pig shadowy the outside worldidiom unchartered uncommon uncracked undefined unexplored unsung untried unused obscuritynoun[U] (NOT CLEAR)the state of being not clear and difficult to understand or see: 费解，晦涩;模糊，朦胧 The story is convoluted and opaque, often to the point of total obscurity.这则故事晦涩难懂，常常令人一头雾水。 Difficult to understand abstruse abstrusely ambiguity ambiguous ambiguously esoteric esoterically fathomless fathomlessly garble it's all Greek to meidiom labyrinthine lost non-intuitive obscurely unreadable verbiage verbosely verbosity wasted on someoneidiom obscurity | American Dictionaryobscurity noun[ U ] us/əbˈskjʊr·ɪ·t̬i, ɑb-/ obscuritynoun[U] (BEING UNKNOWN)the state of not being known to many people: She worked in obscurity for years. obscuritynoun[U] (BEING UNCLEAR)the state or quality of being unclear and difficult to understand or see: Many movie reviewers confuse obscurity with quality. Examples of obscurityobscurity Difficulties naturally exist in all these matters, and there are in my mind some slight obscurities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreover, since when have ambiguities and obscurities reduced the likelihood of litigation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Legislation relating to the advertisement of goods is designed to clear up certain obscurities in the present law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The debate is not an arid swapping of statistics, nor is it an academic exchange of obscurities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, that was importantly extended in that year so that a number of minor alterations could be made to eliminate obscurities, contradictions, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need the law clarified and its obscurities remedied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Only by proceeding in open court on oath can obscurities be made less obscure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, an opportunity has been taken to correct some small inconsistencies and obscurities in the existing legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a great deal of calculation and observation of one sort and another, obscurities and mysteries, in the last few days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the opportunity has been taken to correct some small inconsistencies or obscurities in the text of the existing legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are several other loose ends and obscurities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason is that there are many obscurities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are grateful for having had our attention drawn to possible obscurities in these subsections as originally drafted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be an opportunity later of explaining any obscurities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think everybody will have realized that we are dealing with a number of obscurities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of obscurity These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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