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obscurely

UK //əbˈskjʊəli//US //əbˈskjʊrli//

词源

源自拉丁语 'obscurus'(意为黑暗的、模糊的),通过古法语 'obscur' 进入英语,加上副词后缀 '-ly' 形成。

adverb

❶ 以模糊或难以理解的方式,指事物表达不清楚或不易被察觉。

“The instructions were written obscurely, so no one understood them.”

(说明书写得晦涩难懂,所以没人能理解。)

“He spoke obscurely about his past, avoiding direct answers.”

(他含糊其辞地谈论自己的过去,回避直接回答。)

同义词:vaguely, ambiguously, indistinctly

常见短语

obscurely related — 指事物之间关系模糊或难以明确界定,常用于描述不明显的关联。

“The two theories are obscurely related, making it hard to compare them.”

(这两个理论之间关系模糊,难以进行比较。)