obscurity
noun /əbˈskjʊərəti/
/əbˈskjʊrəti/
(plural obscurities)
- [uncountable] the state in which somebody/something is not well known or has been forgotten
默默无闻;无名 - 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。 - 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。
- He is now living in virtual obscurity.
事实上,如今他只是默默无闻地活着。 - He spent his early life in relative obscurity.
他早年没什么名气。 - O'Neil rose from obscurity to become an international sensation.
奥尼尔从一个无名小卒一跃成为国际焦点。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- total
- near
- …
- fade into
- sink into
- slip into
- …
- in obscurity
- go from obscurity to celebrity, notoriety, fame, etc.
- The actress was only 17 when she was plucked from obscurity and made a star.
- [uncountable, countable, usually plural] the fact of being difficult to understand; something that is difficult to understand
费解;晦涩;难懂的事 - 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。 - poems of impenetrable obscurity
晦涩难懂的诗 - a speech full of obscurities
一篇晦涩难懂的演说
- The course teaches students to avoid ambiguity and obscurity of expression.
- [uncountable] (literary) the state of being dark
synonym darkness昏暗;黑暗
词源late Middle English: from Old French obscurite, from Latin obscuritas, from obscurus ‘dark’.