obscures

英 [əbˈskjʊəz]

美 [əbˈskjʊrz]

v.  使模糊; 使隐晦; 使费解
obscure的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无名的；鲜为人知的；默默无闻的
  If something or someone isobscure, they are unknown, or are known by only a few people.
  1. The origin of the custom is obscure...
     这一习俗的起源鲜为人知。
  2. The hymn was written by an obscure Greek composer for the 1896 Athens Olympics.
     这首赞歌是希腊一位名不见经传的作曲家为1896年的雅典奥运会创作的。
• ADJ-GRADED （通常指因内容繁琐）晦涩的，费解的，难懂的
  Something that isobscureis difficult to understand or deal with, usually because it involves so many parts or details.
  1. The contracts are written in obscure language...
     这些合同的语言晦涩难懂。
  2. Richard's statement was disgracefully obscure.
     理查德的声明隐晦费解，真是丢人。
• VERB 遮掩；遮蔽；使模糊不清
  If one thingobscuresanother, it prevents it from being seen or heard properly.
  1. Trees obscured his vision; he couldn't see much of the Square's southern half...
     树木遮挡了他的视线，南半广场的一大部分他都无法看清。
  2. One wall of the parliament building is now almost completely obscured by a huge banner.
     议会大楼的一面墙现在几乎被一条巨型横幅完全盖住了。
• VERB 使晦涩；使费解；使难懂
  Toobscuresomething means to make it difficult to understand.
  1. ...the jargon that frequently obscures educational writing...
     经常让普教著作变得艰深晦涩的术语
  2. This issue has been obscured by recent events.
     最近发生的一些事件使这一问题变得混淆不清。

双语例句

• The all-too-common but misguided notion that a decline in the nominal value of one's currency is cause for shame obscures the truth that a weaker euro would now be a blessing for the eurozone.
  一种货币的名义价值下降会让人觉得不光彩，这种极其常见的观念存在误导性，它掩盖了欧元下跌目前有利于欧元区的事实。
• This obsession with trade deficits also obscures phenomenally good news.
  这种对贸易逆差的执迷还蒙蔽了显而易见的好处。
• The part of growth we experience most directly is the randomness, which obscures the other patterns.
  在成长中，我们切身体验最深刻的就是这种随机性，它掩盖了其他的模式。
• An ornamental wall obscures some of the remaining small shops, while others are now rubble.
  一面装饰墙掩盖了部分未拆除的小店铺，其他的已经变成废墟。
• What this sort of near-propaganda obscures, though, is the real benefits of open source software.
  这类近似布道的论调遮盖了开源软件的真正好处。
• 167. The overemphasis on one particular aspect of a problem often obscures the relevance of other issues.
  过分强调问题的一个方面经常掩盖了其他方面的相关性。
• Filled or abounding with fog or mist. mist that obscures the mountain peak;
  充满或者有大量的雾。遮住了峰顶的大雾；
• While the debate about legalisation of cannabis is endlessly fascinating, it obscures the vital question of how to design a system of legal availability.
  虽然关于大麻合法化的辩论总能激起人们的兴趣，但它遮盖了一个重要问题：如何设计出一套合法供应的体系？
• The report obscures the fact that taxes have actually risen.
  这份报告遮藏税收实际上已增加的事实。
• There is no point using a simile like "the boy cried like anything," since it obscures the meaning, instead of clarifying it.
  用一个像“男孩哭得像什么一样”这样的明喻是毫无意义的，因为它模糊了意思而不是澄清了它。