obscurity 的意思
模糊; 不知名; 黑暗
obscurity 的词源
obscurity(n.)
15世纪晚期,obscurite,意为“缺乏光亮,黑暗状态”;到1610年代,这个词的意思转变为“未知或不显眼的状态”。它源自形容词obscure加上名词后缀-ity。另外一种说法是,它来自古法语obscurete,这是oscureté的变体,意指“黑暗、阴郁;模糊、混乱;微不足道”(14世纪),而直接来源于拉丁语obscuritatem(主格为obscuritas),意为“黑暗、不清晰、不确定”,源自obscurus。这个词在15世纪晚期(如凯克斯顿所用)被用来表示“难以理解的特性或状态”。
When I was asked to talk about the Obscurity of the Modern Poet I was delighted, for I have suffered from this obscurity all my life. But then I realized that I was being asked to talk not about the fact that people don't read poetry, but about the fact that most of them wouldn't understand it if they did .... [Randall Jarrell, "The Obscurity of Poetry," 1953]
当我被邀请谈论现代诗人的晦涩时,我感到非常高兴,因为我一生都在经历这种晦涩。但随后我意识到,我被要求讨论的,不是人们不读诗,而是即使他们读了,大多数人也不会理解…… [兰德尔·贾雷尔,《诗歌的晦涩》,1953年]
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