Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #5564
obscured
遮蔽；使模糊；掩盖
obscured is the past of obscure.
to make something less visible, clear, or easy to understand; to hide or cover something
- 1.
To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
使模糊；使变暗；使变得不清晰；隐藏；使不那么明显、可理解、可读、辉煌、美丽或杰出。
- 2.
make less visible or unclear
使不那么明显或不清楚
- 3.
To hide, put out of sight etc.
隐藏,放在视线之外等。
- 4.
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
使模糊、不清晰或模糊不清
- 5.
make obscure or unclear
使模糊或不清楚
使模糊；使变暗；使变得不清晰；隐藏；使不那么明显、可理解、可读、辉煌、美丽或杰出。；使不那么明显或不清楚；隐藏,放在视线之外等。；使模糊、不清晰或模糊不清；使模糊或不清楚
In use
The thick fog obscured the entire landscape.
His complicated explanation only obscures the main point.
The tall buildings are obscuring the view of the river.
The stars are obscured by the clouds
the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
The distinction was obscured
Verb forms
base obscure · third person obscures · -ing obscuring · past obscured · past participle obscured
规则动词，过去式和过去分词为obscured
Connections
Collocations
- obscure the truth
- 掩盖真相
- He tried to obscure the truth about his past.他试图掩盖关于自己过去的真相。
- obscure the view
- 遮挡景色
- The tall building obscures the view of the mountains.那座高楼遮挡了山的景色。
- obscure the issue
- 混淆问题
- His lengthy speech only obscured the issue further.他冗长的演讲只会让问题更加模糊。
- be obscured by
- 被…遮蔽
- The moon was obscured by dark clouds.月亮被乌云遮蔽了。
- obscure the line between
- 模糊…之间的界限
- New technology can obscure the line between reality and fiction.新技术会模糊现实与虚构之间的界限。
- obscure the meaning
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看到开头的 ob 联想到 obstacle（障碍物）；障碍物挡住视线，所以使模糊、看不清。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：newspaper articles、academic papers、literary prose 作动词表示“使模糊、掩盖”时，通常用于较正式的书面语境，如新闻报道、学术文章或描写性文字；日常口语中更常说 hide、cover 等。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 obscure /əbˈskjʊr/ 的韵脚相同或相近：secure、cure、pure 以 /kjʊr/ 或 /pjʊr/ 押韵；sure、lure、endure 以 /ʊr/（endure 也可读 /ɪnˈdjʊr/）押韵。注意拼写相似但读音不同的词 rescue /ˈreskjuː/ 以 /kjuː/ 结尾，不要把它与 obscure 的 /kjʊr/ 混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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