oblucation
To render something obscure, unclear, or unintelligible, especially through the use of complex language or ambiguous details. It involves intentionally making a concept difficult to perceive or understand to hide the truth or avoid directness.
例句
3 / 5I don't want to oblucate the situation, but the instructions you gave are quite confusing.
I don't want to oblucate the situation, but the instructions you gave are quite confusing.
The witness appeared to oblucate the timeline of events during the rigorous cross-examination.
The witness appeared to oblucate the timeline of events during the rigorous cross-examination.
Stop trying to oblucate the point and just tell me if you're coming to the party or not.
Stop trying to oblucate the point and just tell me if you're coming to the party or not.
词族
记忆技巧
Think of the root 'luc' (meaning light, as in lucid). Adding the prefix 'ob-' (against) creates a meaning of 'going against the light,' or making things dark and hard to see.
快速测验
The corporate lawyer was accused of trying to ___ the contract's loopholes with complicated legal terminology.
正确!
正确答案是: oblucate
例句
I don't want to oblucate the situation, but the instructions you gave are quite confusing.
everydayI don't want to oblucate the situation, but the instructions you gave are quite confusing.
The witness appeared to oblucate the timeline of events during the rigorous cross-examination.
formalThe witness appeared to oblucate the timeline of events during the rigorous cross-examination.
Stop trying to oblucate the point and just tell me if you're coming to the party or not.
informalStop trying to oblucate the point and just tell me if you're coming to the party or not.
The author's dense academic prose tends to oblucate the underlying philosophical arguments of the chapter.
academicThe author's dense academic prose tends to oblucate the underlying philosophical arguments of the chapter.
The marketing team's report seemed to oblucate the declining sales figures by using excessive corporate jargon.
businessThe marketing team's report seemed to oblucate the declining sales figures by using excessive corporate jargon.
词族
常见搭配
常用短语
an attempt to oblucate
an attempt to oblucate
oblucate the waters
oblucate the waters
beyond oblucation
beyond oblucation
容易混淆的词
Obfuscate is the standard and far more common term in English; oblucate is a rare, often test-specific variant or scholarly archaism.
使用说明
This word is highly formal and rarely used in spoken English outside of advanced vocabulary tests. It is most frequently encountered in academic critiques regarding clarity of thought or in legal contexts.
常见错误
Learners often treat the '-tion' ending as a noun; however, in this specific test-prep context, it is treated as a verb meaning 'to perform the act of obscuring.'
记忆技巧
Think of the root 'luc' (meaning light, as in lucid). Adding the prefix 'ob-' (against) creates a meaning of 'going against the light,' or making things dark and hard to see.
词源
From the Latin 'ob' (over or against) and 'lucare' (to shine), meaning to shadow or block the light.
语法模式
文化背景
Often used in political analysis to describe 'doublespeak' or rhetoric intended to hide unpopular truths from the public.
快速测验
The corporate lawyer was accused of trying to ___ the contract's loopholes with complicated legal terminology.
正确!
正确答案是: oblucate
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A1Used to indicate the place, person, or thing that someone or something moves toward. It can also mark the recipient of an action or the limit of a range.
and
A1A primary conjunction used to connect words, phrases, or clauses that are grammatically equal. It indicates addition, a sequence of events, or a relationship between two things.
a
A1A word used before a singular noun that is not specific or is being mentioned for the first time. It is used only before words that begin with a consonant sound to indicate one of something.
that
A1This word is a demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a specific person, object, or idea that is further away in space or time from the speaker. It is also used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned or to introduce a clause that identifies something.
I
A1The pronoun 'I' is used by a speaker or writer to refer to themselves as the subject of a verb. It is the first-person singular subject pronoun in English and is always capitalized regardless of its position in a sentence.
for
A1Used to show who is intended to have or use something, or to explain the purpose or reason for an action. It is also frequently used to indicate a specific duration of time.
not
A1A function word used to express negation or denial. It is primarily used to make a sentence or phrase negative, often following an auxiliary verb or the verb 'to be'.
with
A1A preposition used to indicate that people or things are together, in the same place, or performing an action together. It can also describe the instrument used to perform an action or a characteristic that someone or something has.
he
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you
A1Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
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