Obscurity
[əb'skjʊərɪtɪ] or [əb'skjʊrəti]
解释:
(noun.) the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination.
(noun.) an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; 'he worked in obscurity for many years'.
辛迪校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.
拜伦整理
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, shade, obscuration, cloud, obfuscation.[2]. Seclusion, retirement, privacy.
多米尼克整理
例句:
- Diving into the dense obscurity in a line headed by Sam the turf-cutter, they pursued their trackless way home. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Troubled as the future was, it was the unknown future, and in its obscurity there was ignorant hope. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- He resumed-- And since I am myself poor and obscure, I can offer you but a service of poverty and obscurity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- In the complete obscurity, Birkin found a comparatively sheltered nook, where a great rope was coiled up. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It promised me peace; it promised me obscurity, as I thought. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- But as soon as he comes into a great city, he is sunk in obscurity and darkness. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Young women have committed similar follies often before, and have repented them in poverty and obscurity often before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- And so the obscurity in the air and the obscurity in the land closed together in a black fraternization towards which each advanced halfway. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I will here allude to only two causes of obscurity. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- There was a certain obscurity in Eustacia's beauty, and Venn's eye was not trained. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- All was obscurity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- A fog narrowed our horizon to about a quarter of a mile, and the misty veil, cold and dense, enveloped sky and sea in equal obscurity. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Circumstances are sometimes too strong for the greatest soul, and that genius which should have created empires dies in obscurity. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- From entire obscurity the Mongols came very suddenly into history towards the close of the twelfth century. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- When she spoke, his eye searched the obscurity of her retreat. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The obscurities of early Greek poets arose necessarily out of the state of language and logic which existed in their age. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The two brothers were before their Father; far beyond the twilight judgment of this world; high above its mists and obscurities. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Where are the doubts that should have honored these investigations, the frank statement of all the gaps in knowledge, and the obscurities in morals? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- I will try to make my explanation briefly and plainly, and to keep it free from professional obscurities and technicalities. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
校对:奥斯瓦德