文档介绍：巴朗词表速记(17)前缀ob—with
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obfuscate
v. confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make plex.
Was the President’s spokesman trying to clarify the Whitewater mystery, or was he trying to obfuscate the issue so the voters would never figure out what went on?
构词:ob (to) + fusc (fuse) + ate (v)
oblivion
N. obscurity; forgetfulness.
After a decade of popularity, Hurston’s works had fallen into oblivion; no one bothered to read them any more.
构词:ob (to) + liv (forget) + ion (n)
oblivious
ADJ. inattentive or unmindful; wholly absorbed.
Deep in her book, Nancy was oblivious of the noisy squabbles of her brother and his friends.
ob, obs=away, not
oblique
ADJ. indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line).
Casting a quick, oblique glance at the reviewing stand, the sergeant ordered pany to march “Oblique Right.”
构词:ob (not) + lique (list)
obsolete
ADJ. outmoded.
“Hip” is an obsolete expression; it went out with love beads and tie-dye shirts.
构词:ob (to) + sole (only) + ete (a)
oc=to
occult
ADJ. mysterious; secret; supernatural.
The occult rites of anization were revealed only to members, also N.
构词:ob (to) + cult(邪教)
omni=all
omnipresent
ADJ. universally present; ubiquitous.
On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus is omnipresent.
构词:omni (all) + present(存在)
over=too much
overbearing
ADJ. bossy; arrogant; decisively important.
Certain of her own importance and of the unimportance of everyone else, Lady Brackneil was intolerably overbearing in manner. “In choosing a husband,” she said, “good birth is of overbearing importance; compared to that, neither wealth nor talent signifies.”
构词:over + bear (behave) + ring (a)
overweening
ADJ. presumptuous; arrogant.
His overweening pride in his plishments was not justified.
构词:over + ween (suppose) + ing
overwrought
源自 wring
ADJ. extremely agitated; hysterical.
When Kate heard the news of the sudden tragedy, she became too overwrought