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单词 obfuscate
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Definition of obfuscate in English:

obfuscate

verb ˈɒbfʌskeɪtˈɑbfəˌskeɪt
[with object]
  • 1Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.

    the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To the degree that those words are used to obfuscate realities that are otherwise painful to utter, our monuments will be correspondingly fragile.
    • Until this deficiency is rectified, invoking craving merely further obfuscates an already confused area.
    • This is something that those who wish to obfuscate the origins of our current conflicts with extremists tend to gloss over or ignore.
    • In a wonderful theatrical performance Jones succeeded in making an even bigger tool of himself by attempting to obfuscate the unobfuscatible.
    • No more hiding behind complicated accounting fantasy language, no more obfuscating the reality of what misdeeds were going down in the name of business at her company, she wanted the real, plain, unvarnished truth recounted.
    • A top-notch lawyer is able to spin, twist, and obfuscate complicated issues in such a manner that the judge thinks he has an unbiased understanding of the issue.
    • Yes, many of these dictators are nasty and evil but obfuscating the argument with comparative deflections doesn't alter the original argumentative premise.
    • Is it time to obfuscate obscurantism, so to speak, even to oneself?
    • It may have made money from various off-the-books vehicles that obfuscated its true finances, but the company's legitimate means of making money was by betting on energy prices.
    • In fact, where he might have taken the opportunity to obfuscate his support for the war, and therefore distance himself from the most immediately unpopular episode of the Prime Minister's tenure, he has resolutely stated that he is for it.
    • I was able to grasp the thread of the plot, pick up on tension and menace that was obfuscated in the original cut.
    • It is my earnest wish that this error on my part will not obfuscate the original intent of my essay: choose to fight the negativity.
    • They are renowned in the industry for obfuscating their code to ensure that only they can maintain it.
    • The mortal mind obfuscates the spiritual truth, which is the love of God.
    • When it comes to password integrity, the key is to obfuscate words as much as possible.
    • As we noted several months ago, orotund, abstract language can obfuscate accountability, truth-telling, and as we're now seeing most clearly, the simple facing of reality.
    • Obscure academics will trundle out to obfuscate the finer points of constitutional and ecclesiastical propriety.
    • In fact, in my experience, the more palatable art tends to obfuscate truth to an even greater degree than art that reflects some of humanity's fallen state.
    • The one talent that the sea hare has is to squirt obfuscating clouds of ink, which turn out, to be beautifully chemically tuned to predators' nervous systems.
    • A technology that was designed to enhance our already communication-heavy lives now serves to obfuscate it.
    Synonyms
    obscure, confuse, make obscure/unclear, blur, muddle, jumble, complicate, garble, muddy, cloud, befog
    muddy the waters
    1. 1.1 Bewilder (someone)
      the new rule is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The main thing is to confuse and obfuscate the audience.
      • In that context, Marine's directorial flourishes obfuscate more than they enlighten.
      • For example, the supply of gold from official sources is on a 24-hour basis, in spite of the Washington agreement and similar declarations largely drafted in order to obfuscate rather than to enlighten.
      Synonyms
      bewilder, mystify, puzzle, perplex, baffle, confound, bemuse, befuddle, nonplus
      informal flummox
      archaic wilder, maze, gravel

Derivatives

  • obfuscatory

  • adjective
    • Government-approved academics in China have already started to trot out obfuscatory arguments designed to refute obvious objections to demands for market-economy status.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He's hung his statements on a very precise - and to my mind - highly technical and obfuscatory statement that none of them has ‘leaked classified information.’
      • The obfuscatory information which this vested interest brigade put out has succeeded so far in obscuring the truth.
      • I'm fed up coming here week after week and getting obfuscatory answers to direct questions.
      • At 511 pages (exactly 500 pages more than the U.S. constitution) and laden with purposefully abstruse and obfuscatory language, the constitution meets only the second of Bonaparte's criteria.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- 'darkened', from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus 'dark'.

 
 

Definition of obfuscate in US English:

obfuscate

verbˈäbfəˌskātˈɑbfəˌskeɪt
[with object]
  • 1Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.

    the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is my earnest wish that this error on my part will not obfuscate the original intent of my essay: choose to fight the negativity.
    • In fact, in my experience, the more palatable art tends to obfuscate truth to an even greater degree than art that reflects some of humanity's fallen state.
    • When it comes to password integrity, the key is to obfuscate words as much as possible.
    • The mortal mind obfuscates the spiritual truth, which is the love of God.
    • It may have made money from various off-the-books vehicles that obfuscated its true finances, but the company's legitimate means of making money was by betting on energy prices.
    • They are renowned in the industry for obfuscating their code to ensure that only they can maintain it.
    • Yes, many of these dictators are nasty and evil but obfuscating the argument with comparative deflections doesn't alter the original argumentative premise.
    • As we noted several months ago, orotund, abstract language can obfuscate accountability, truth-telling, and as we're now seeing most clearly, the simple facing of reality.
    • Obscure academics will trundle out to obfuscate the finer points of constitutional and ecclesiastical propriety.
    • A top-notch lawyer is able to spin, twist, and obfuscate complicated issues in such a manner that the judge thinks he has an unbiased understanding of the issue.
    • I was able to grasp the thread of the plot, pick up on tension and menace that was obfuscated in the original cut.
    • In a wonderful theatrical performance Jones succeeded in making an even bigger tool of himself by attempting to obfuscate the unobfuscatible.
    • To the degree that those words are used to obfuscate realities that are otherwise painful to utter, our monuments will be correspondingly fragile.
    • The one talent that the sea hare has is to squirt obfuscating clouds of ink, which turn out, to be beautifully chemically tuned to predators' nervous systems.
    • Is it time to obfuscate obscurantism, so to speak, even to oneself?
    • This is something that those who wish to obfuscate the origins of our current conflicts with extremists tend to gloss over or ignore.
    • A technology that was designed to enhance our already communication-heavy lives now serves to obfuscate it.
    • In fact, where he might have taken the opportunity to obfuscate his support for the war, and therefore distance himself from the most immediately unpopular episode of the Prime Minister's tenure, he has resolutely stated that he is for it.
    • No more hiding behind complicated accounting fantasy language, no more obfuscating the reality of what misdeeds were going down in the name of business at her company, she wanted the real, plain, unvarnished truth recounted.
    • Until this deficiency is rectified, invoking craving merely further obfuscates an already confused area.
    Synonyms
    obscure, confuse, make obscure, make unclear, blur, muddle, jumble, complicate, garble, muddy, cloud, befog
    1. 1.1 Bewilder (someone)
      it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For example, the supply of gold from official sources is on a 24-hour basis, in spite of the Washington agreement and similar declarations largely drafted in order to obfuscate rather than to enlighten.
      • In that context, Marine's directorial flourishes obfuscate more than they enlighten.
      • The main thing is to confuse and obfuscate the audience.
      Synonyms
      bewilder, mystify, puzzle, perplex, baffle, confound, bemuse, befuddle, nonplus

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened’, from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark’.

 
 
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