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使遮蔽；使黑暗 -
• His face was obscured in the shadow of the leaves. 他的脸隐藏在树叶的阴影中。 - 2.
使难理解，混淆 -
• He quoted several professional words to obscure the fact that he was quite ignorant in this area. 他引用了几个专业词汇来遮掩他对这一领域无知的事实。
用法说明
obscure, blur, confuse, mix up
这些词都含“混淆”，“搞混”之义，其区别在于：obscure侧重表示因意义不清或过于深奥而令人费解；blur侧重表示使界线、轮廓或视线等模糊不清；confuse较为常用，侧重表示因分辨不出区别而造成错误，此词含有一时迷惑不解之义；mix up较为口语化，重在表示把不同的人或物混淆起来，有时可用被动语态来表示思路或东西被搞乱了。试比较：
The liar tried to obscure the facts.说谎者竭尽全力来混淆黑白。
The author's difficult style obscures her meaning.作者深奥的文体使人难以理解她的本意。
Mist blurred the hills.山峰在雾中显得朦朦胧胧。
Even their own family members sometimes confuse the twins.即使是家人有时也分不清这对孪生姐妹。
I was so mixed up that I used the wrong number.当时我脑子很乱，所以用错了号码。