| 词汇 | oracular |
| 释义 | oracular adjective formaluk /ɒrˈæk.jə.lər/ us /ɔːrˈæk.jə.lɚ/ mysterious and difficult to understand, but probably wise: 神谕似的，天书般的，晦涩难懂的 an oracular statement晦涩难懂的话 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 Examples of oracularoracular The existence of multiple oracular sources of legitimacy meant that a claim of divine right could always be challenged. A case is made that the masks originally served as the faces of oracular mortuary bundles. To say culturally that they are created by divine fiat, means socially that they are created through the politics of temple control and oracular readings. Other oracular deities took a little more time to administer punishment. This pattern establishes a symbol of open, multilayered space and a solemnity suitable to the poem's oracular delivery. Headrick could have made it possible for one individual, or a small group of individuals, to easily control admittance to the oracular mor tuarybundle ancestors. Such a constellation of traits suggests that the statue personified oracular powers, the propitiation of which required covenants with humans in the form of prayers and offerings. Innovation is a twofold threat to academic mediocrities : it endangers their oracular authority, and it evokes the deeper fear that their whole, laboriously constructed edifice might collapse. Headrick could have made it possible for one individual, or a small group of individuals, to easily control admittance to the oracular mortuarybundle ancestors. Its language is at some points a little oracular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know what that rather oracular statement means. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On that oracular note we must pass on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want strongly to object to the new oracular powers which he has taken upon himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All he did was to make an oracular statement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is an oracular statement, if ever there was one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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