obscurity 的詞源
obscurity(n.)
15世紀晚期, obscurite,“沒有光,缺乏亮度或光澤的狀態”; 1610年代,意爲“未知或不顯眼的狀態”; 來自 obscure(形容詞)+ -ity; 或者來自古法語 obscurete,是 oscureté 的變體,“黑暗,陰暗; 模糊,混亂; 無足輕重”(14世紀),直接源自拉丁語 obscuritatem(主格 obscuritas),“黑暗,模糊,不確定性”,來自 obscurus。指“不清楚理解的質量或狀態”始於15世紀晚期(卡克斯頓)。
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]
當我被要求談論現代詩人的晦澀時,我感到很高興,因爲我一生都受到這種晦澀的困擾。但後來我意識到,我被要求談論的不是人們不讀詩的事實,而是如果他們讀了,大多數人都不會理解它.... [蘭德爾·賈勒爾,“詩歌的晦澀”,1953年]
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