Obfuscate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使困惑, 使迷惑
• ［英］ v. 使困惑, 使迷惑 ( to muddle; confuse; bewilder)
• ［类］ 反义词: elucidate ( 阐明) ; illuminate ( 说明) ; explain clearly ( 解释清楚) ; clarify ( 阐明)
• ［记］ ob ( 走向) +fusc ( 黑暗, 糊涂) +ate -> 弄糊涂;
• ［同］ 参考: fuscous ( 深色的)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-cated; -cating)

• Etymology: Late Latin obfuscatus, past participle of obfuscare, from Latin ob- in the way + fuscus dark brown — more at ob-, dusk
• Date: 1577
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. darken
    • b. to make obscure <obfuscate the issue>
  • 2. confuse <obfuscate the reader>
• intransitive verb
  • to be evasive, unclear, or confusing
• ? obfuscation noun
• ? obfuscatory adjective

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