obfuscate

英 [ˈɒbfʌskeɪt]

美 [ˈɑːbfʌskeɪt]

v.  (故意地)混淆，使困惑，使模糊不清

第三人称单数：obfuscates　现在分词：obfuscating　过去分词：obfuscated　过去式：obfuscated　

GRE

BNC.38472 / COCA.26473

牛津词典

verb

• （故意地）混淆，使困惑，使模糊不清
  to make sth less clear and more difficult to understand, usually deliberately

柯林斯词典

• VERB （故意地）混淆，使混乱，使困惑
  Toobfuscatesomething means to deliberately make it seem confusing and difficult to understand.
  1. They are obfuscating the issue, as only insurance companies can...
     他们在此问题上混淆视听，这事只有保险公司才做得出来。
  2. Macdonald accepted that such information could be used to manipulate, to obfuscate, and to mislead.
     麦克唐纳相信这样的信息可以用来操纵舆论，蒙蔽误导。

英英释义

verb

• make obscure or unclear

双语例句

• The ruling classes obfuscate the minds of the exploited.
  统治阶级搅乱被剥削者的思想。
• Additionally, it is now possible to obfuscate the rule sets so that they are not readable, to protect their contents.
  另外，现在可以编辑规则集，这样它们就不是可读了，从而保护它们的内容。
• Some advice for autonomy CEO Mike Lynch: you can obfuscate about what is said in a private conversation.
  给Autonomy首席执行官麦克•林奇的一些建议：你尽可以在私人谈话中混淆是非。
• The complicated structures Chinese companies use to skirt China law that makes foreign investments in tech illegal ( more on that in a second) also obfuscate exact ownership levels.
  中国法律禁止外资投资科技领域（稍后将进一步说明），为了绕开相关规定，中国公司使用了非常复杂的结构，而这也模糊了真正的持股状况。
• Most unpleasant of all is how airlines obfuscate what, exactly, their customers are purchasing.
  最令人感到不快的是，航空公司往往故弄玄虚，让掏钱购买服务的乘客们一头雾水。
• Using traditional proxy properties does not limit your ability to obfuscate the Model because the properties are referenced directly and would be obfuscated with the rest of the application.
  使用传统代理属性不会限制您打乱Model的能力，这是因为属性是直接引用的，会与应用程序的其余部分一起打乱。
• Such a "humanization" thus serves to obfuscate the key point: the need for a ruthless analysis of what we are doing in our political-military activity and what is at stake.
  如此的“人性化”无疑要混淆问题的关键之处，即对我们在政治-军事活动中的所作所为及其带来的危险进行冷酷分析的必要性。
• They aimed to expunge policyholders 'rights to take legal action; to delay by inviting Lord Penrose, a judge and accountant, to write a history of what had happened, which did not apportion blame to the regulator; and to obfuscate.
  他们的意图是：剥夺投保人采取法律行动的权利；邀请法官兼会计师彭乐时勋爵（LordPenrose）记录发生的事件来拖延，而且这些记录也依然没有把责任归咎于监管方；还有就是混淆视听。
• Also, when you're changing your code to minify or obfuscate, there's a risk that you may introduce bugs.
  另外，当你改变你的代码，以缩小或混淆，有一个风险，您可能会引入错误。
• I happen to believe that the US Federal Reserve should play a critical role in the supervision of financial firms, but that should not obfuscate the larger point.
  有人认为美联储（fed）应在监督金融企业中扮演关键角色，这一想法与我不谋而合。