obscurity

n.朦胧；晦涩；默默无闻；费解

noun

1. 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。
2. 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
3. 昏暗；黑暗
   the state of being dark; darkness

n. 朦胧；阴暗；晦涩；身份低微；不分明

名词复数形式:obscurities

obscurity 费解，晦涩难懂

来自obscure,使费解，模糊，-ity,名词后缀。

1. 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。
2. His prose is vigorous and dense, occasionally to the point of obscurity.
   他的散文文笔有力、内容庞杂，有时几近晦涩。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. '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。
6. 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。
7. The agency plucked Naomi from obscurity and turned her into one of the world's top models.
   这个经纪公司挖掘了默默无闻的娜奥米，并把她打造成了世界顶尖模特。
8. 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。
9. He whom riches and honours cannot corrupt nor poverty and obscurity divert, whom neither threats nor violence itself can bend& he it is that I call a great man.
   富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈，此之谓大丈夫。（《孟子》）
10. 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。
11. The separated terms are translated without context, and that fact can lead to obscurity or even misunderstanding.
    因为翻译的词语没有上下文，所以可能比较模糊，甚至造成误解。
12. Third, remember that security through obscurity does not work.
    第三，记住通过模糊的安全没有用。
13. 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。
14. Some slang also passes into standard speech, but other slang expressions enjoy momentary popularity followed by obscurity.
    一些俚语也变成了标准用法，但另外一些俚语只经历了短暂的流行，而后就被弃之不用了。
15. Tumblr rose from obscurity in 2011 to a frequently used social media site in one year.
    一年之内，Tumblr从2011年的默默无闻上升为一个经常使用的社会媒体网站。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. Since I am myself poor and obscure, I can offer you but a service of poverty and obscurity.
    既然我自己贫穷，卑微，我就只能给你一个贫穷、卑微的工作。
20. Clarity is a tendency to the white and obscurity a tendency to the black.
    清晰的趋势是白色的和默默无闻的倾向，黑色。
21. You find this sort of obscurity too often in modern philosophers.
    在现代哲学中，你会发现这种晦涩朦胧太多了。
22. Another cause of obscurity is that the writer is not himself quite sure of his meaning.
    晦涩的另一个原因是作者对要说的内容自己都不太清楚。
23. Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought.
    在思想的模糊性上像神谕一样。
24. The song remained in obscurity for two years.
    在此后的两年里，这首歌一直默默无闻。
25. He worked in obscurity for many years.
    他作了多年的小人物。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. His contribution to pure land of Buddhism and his obscurity in ages formed a sharp contrast.
    他对净土宗所做出的贡献与他后世的沉没形成了鲜明的对比。
29. 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。
30. Party leaders revel in this obscurity.
    党的领导人很喜欢隐晦的表达。