Abstruse



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.难懂的, 深奥的
• ［英］ adj.难懂的, 深奥的 ( hard to understand; deep; recondite)
• ［类］ 反义词: accessible ( 可理解的) ; patent ( 显著的)
• ［记］ abs+trus ( 走, 推) -> 走不进去 -> 难懂的;
• ［同］ 同根词: intrusion ( 闯入) , protrusion ( 突出, 隆起)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin abstrusus, from past participle of abstrudere to conceal, from abs-, ab- + trudere to push — more at threat
• Date: 1599
• difficult to comprehend ; recondite the abstruse calculations of mathematicians
• • abstrusely adverb
• • abstruseness noun

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