obscurity

obscurity
(pl. -ies)
  1. [mass noun]the state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant
    无名,默默无闻
    he is too good a player to slide into obscurity.
    像他这样优秀的运动员是不会变得默默无闻的。
    ■the quality of being difficult to understand
    晦涩,费解
    poems of impenetrable obscurity.
    极其费解的诗。
    ■[count noun]a thing that is unclear or difficult to understand
    模糊的东西,晦涩的东西
    the obscurities in his poems and plays.
    他的诗和戏剧中晦涩的词句。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French obscurite, from Latin obscuritas, from obscurus 'dark'
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