obscure sth
及物动词,后面直接跟被遮住或变得不清晰的事物作宾语。
Thick fog obscured the mountain peaks.
浓雾遮住了山峰。
遮蔽;使模糊;掩盖
obscures — third person singular of obscure
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
to make something less visible, clear, or easy to understand; to hide or cover something
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。
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.
使不那么明显或不清楚
make less visible or unclear
隐藏,放在视线之外等。
To hide, put out of sight etc.
使模糊、不清晰或模糊不清
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
使模糊或不清楚
make obscure or unclear
一般现在时
The fog obscures the view.
雾遮蔽了视野。
past
The clouds obscured the sun.
云遮住了太阳。
现在完成时
The details have been obscured by time.
细节已被时间模糊。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词为obscured
The thick fog obscured the entire landscape.
浓雾遮蔽了整个景色。
用法提示:obscured是obscure的过去式,表示‘使模糊、遮盖’。
AI contextual example
His complicated explanation only obscures the main point.
他复杂的解释反而模糊了要点。
用法提示:obscures是obscure的第三人称单数形式,表示‘使不清晰’。
AI contextual example
The tall buildings are obscuring the view of the river.
高楼大厦正遮挡着河景。
用法提示:obscuring是obscure的现在分词,表示‘正在遮挡’。
AI contextual example
及物动词,后面直接跟被遮住或变得不清晰的事物作宾语。
Thick fog obscured the mountain peaks.
浓雾遮住了山峰。
常用被动结构,by 引出造成遮挡的事物。
The sun was obscured by thick clouds.
太阳被厚厚的云层遮住了。
后接 that 从句,说明被掩盖的具体内容。
His calm voice obscured the fact that he was nervous.
他平静的声音掩盖了他很紧张这一事实。
较正式,常指故意不让人看见;一般不用于“使难以理解”的场合。
最通用,可指有意或无意;但偏“不让看见”,不像 obscure 那样带有“变模糊”的意思。
常指像蒙上面纱般部分遮蔽,多用于比喻;语气比 obscure 含蓄。
侧重轮廓或内容变得不清楚,不用于“隐藏”的意思。
强调隐藏真实情况或感受,常用于声音、气味、表情等;较口语化。
grammar · medium
易错句子The road sign was obscure by the thick branches.
正确表达The road sign was obscured by the thick branches.
被动语态的结构是 be + 过去分词。obscure 是原形,它的过去分词是 obscured;汉语动词没有形态变化,'被遮住'很容易直接写成原形。这里 the road sign 是动作的承受者,所以必须用 was obscured,不能用 was obscure。
grammar · medium
易错句子The tall building obscured us to see the sea.
正确表达The tall building obscured our view of the sea.
obscure 是及物动词,宾语是'被遮住、看不清的事物'(如 our view、the sea),后面不接 'sb to do sth'。汉语说'高楼遮住我们看海',把'我们'放在动词后,学习者容易照搬成 obscured us to see;英语应改说 obscure our view of the sea。
grammar · medium
易错句子The obscuring part of the photo was impossible to make out.
正确表达The obscured part of the photo was impossible to make out.
-ing 分词表主动,-ed 分词表被动。这里说的是照片中'被遮住、看不清'的部分,它是动作的承受者,所以用过去分词 obscured;obscuring 会变成'这一块去遮住别的东西',与想要表达的'被遮住'意思相反。汉语的'遮挡的部分'不区分主动被动,因此容易用错。
针对“使模糊/难以理解”的义项;obscure 表示使意思或形象不清楚,clarify 表示使其清楚易懂。
针对“隐藏/遮蔽”的义项;obscure 是使事物不被看见或知道,reveal 是使事物被看见或知道。
针对“使变暗/使不明了”的义项;obscure 使光线或意义暗淡模糊,illuminate 则提供光亮或清晰解释。
针对“隐藏/使不明显”的义项;obscure 将事物置于视线之外,expose 使事物公开可见。
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。
遮挡景色
The tall building obscures the view of the mountains.
那座高楼遮挡了山的景色。
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。
被…遮蔽
The moon was obscured by dark clouds.
月亮被乌云遮蔽了。
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。
ob-(表朝向/遮盖的前缀) + -scur-(暗,遮盖) + -e(动词后缀)
obscur(e)(暗,遮盖) + -ity(名词后缀)
obscure(暗,遮盖) + -ly(副词后缀)
浓雾会遮挡视线,与obscure表示的“使模糊/看不清”直接相关。
薄雾或霾会使远处的景物变得朦胧,和obscure描述的状态一致。
烟雾能遮蔽物体或使其轮廓不清,是常见导致obscure的因素。
阴影会使物体变得暗淡、轮廓不清,对应obscure“使变暗/使不清晰”的含义。
黑暗使事物难以辨认或完全不可见,与obscure的“隐藏、使不清楚”相关。
使问题变得模糊不清
The manager tried to obscure the issue by changing the subject.
经理试图通过转移话题来使问题变得模糊不清。
掩盖真相
Don't let the statistics obscure the truth about the situation.
不要让统计数字掩盖情况的真相。
模糊…之间的界限
His behavior obscures the line between professional and personal relationships.
他的行为模糊了职业关系与个人关系之间的界限。
《被云遮蔽》(平克·弗洛伊德乐队1972年的专辑名,亦为开场曲曲名)
The sun was obscured by dark clouds, so the city was left in shadow.
太阳被乌云遮蔽,城市陷入阴暗之中。
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