obscure中等

obscure

模糊的

That might seem rather an obscure point, but it sets the tone for an exhibition that contains a lot of black-and-white photographs and relatively few natural objects.

这一点也许看起来相当晦涩，但它为这次展览定下了基调：展览中有大量黑白照片，自然物品则相对较少。

The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say the Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend.

此案涉及的法律问题并不明朗：虽然最高法院已裁定各州确实对核电拥有一定的监管权，但法学家们表示，佛蒙特案将对这些权力的边界进行一次开创先例的检验。

Oman rated Scovell’s significance highly, but at the same time, the general nature of his History meant that (48) he could not analyze carefully what this obscure officer may or may not have contributed to that great struggle between nations or indeed tell us anything much about the man himself.

欧曼对斯科维尔的重要性评价很高，但与此同时，由于他的《半岛战争史》是一部通史，（48）他无法仔细分析这位无名军官在那场国家间的伟大斗争中可能做出或未曾做出的贡献，也无法告诉我们关于此人的更多情况。

Soon after his father’s release from prison, Dickens got a better job as errand boy in law offices. He taught himself shorthand to get an even better job later as a court stenographer and as a reporter in Parliament. At the same time, Dickens, who had a reporter’s eye for transcribing the life around him especially anything comic or odd, submitted short sketches to obscure magazines.

父亲出狱后不久，狄更斯在律师事务所找到了一份更好的差事——当跑腿的。他自学速记，后来得到了更好的工作，担任法庭速记员和议会记者。与此同时，狄更斯以记者的眼光记录身边的生活，尤其是任何滑稽或古怪的事情，并向一些不知名的杂志投寄短篇随笔。

Factors such as the place and period in which we are reading, our gender, ethnicity, age and social class will encourage us towards certain interpretations but at the same time obscure or even close off others.

诸如我们阅读时所处的地点和时代，以及我们的性别、民族、年龄和社会阶层等因素，会促使我们倾向于某些解读，但同时也会遮蔽甚至排除其他解读。

Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.

然而，它的报告掩盖了国会要求其阐明的这一挑战的深度和广度，很可能会阻碍改革。