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obscurity

/uhb-skyoor-i-tee/US // əbˈskyʊər ɪ ti //UK // (əbˈskjʊərɪtɪ) //

隐蔽性,隐晦性,隐晦,晦涩难懂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ob·scu·ri·ties.

    • : the state or quality of being obscure.
    • : the condition of being unknown:He lived in obscurity for years before winning acclaim.
    • : uncertainty of meaning or expression; ambiguity.
    • : an unknown or unimportant person or thing.
    • : darkness; dimness; indistinctness.

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Examples

  • She was an unheralded pioneer of electronic music, recognized for her contributions only after decades of obscurity, and a believer in the power of the mind to access memories from distant pasts and visions of untold futures.

  • Struum has correctly identified a problem in the modern streaming landscape, in terms of large amount of untapped content now distributed across hundreds of smaller services, much of which lingers in obscurity.

  • Maybe most of this no-name defense will continue to toil in obscurity.

  • In many respects, Kenosha has managed to do just that—making it a relative success story in a nation where so many formerly auto-dependent Midwestern economies have faded into obscurity.

  • Seemingly unstoppable sites have faded into obscurity and replacements taken over.

  • Some of the authors most revered by their contemporaries now languish in relative obscurity.

  • Ordinarily, candidates have years to work out their global agendas in relative obscurity.

  • Instead, they will be at best a stale and bitter punchline of our times and then fade, unloved, into obscurity.

  • “Mencius Moldbug” slowed down the writing to a trickle and returned to relative obscurity in 2013.

  • Then they lose and return to obscurity, serving in state or local office.

  • It was true that his sight had grown accustomed to the obscurity, for he could now see the baron's features much more distinctly.

  • And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.

  • For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever.

  • Lifted to the skies for an hour by popular adulation, he has been sunk into obscurity ever since by historic contempt.

  • And respectable obscurity has ever been the distinguishing characteristic of Godalming.