obscured

/əbˈskjʊrd/· verb

科学/科研/医疗B2

obscured
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Chinese meaning

掩yǎn盖gài;使shǐ模mó糊hú不bù清qīng

遮zhē盖gài;使shǐ难nán以yǐ看kàn清qīng

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陨yǔn石shí撞zhuàng击jī掩yǎn盖gài了le水shuǐ星xīng收shōu缩suō的de证zhèng据jù

Example

Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the evidence of the planet’s contraction over the past 4.5 billion years.

太tài空kōng天tiān体tǐ的de撞zhuàng击jī掩yǎn盖gài了le过guò去qù45亿yì年nián间jiān这zhè颗kē行xíng星xīng收shōu缩suō的de部bù分fèn证zhèng据jù。

Source: Nature

Background ✎

水shuǐ星xīng比bǐ科kē学xué家jiā此cǐ前qián认rèn为wéi的de收shōu缩suō得dé更gèng快kuài,而ér且qiě年nián纪jì越yuè大dà收shōu缩suō越yuè明míng显xiǎn。不bù过guò太tài空kōng天tiān体tǐ的de撞zhuàng击jī掩yǎn盖gài了le不bù少shǎo能néng证zhèng明míng这zhè一yī收shōu缩suō过guò程chéng的de证zhèng据jù,给gěi研yán究jiū增zēng加jiā了le难nán度dù。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁 obscurus(暗、遮蔽)

  • ob-(遮盖,全然)+ -scur-(暗、遮蔽,源自拉丁 obscurus)

Collocations

  • obscure the truth/obscure evidence/be obscured by

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