obfuscate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ob·fus·cate /ˈɒbfəskeɪt $ ˈɑːb-/ verb [transitive] formal  CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDto deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand 〔有意地〕使模糊；使费解 SYN confuse —obfuscation /ˌɒbfəˈskeɪʃən $ ˌɑːb-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

obfuscate• Comedy obtrudes too to obfuscate matters still further.• Ideology, the ideas which rationalize a person's class interests, obfuscates scientific analysis.• This ambiguity obfuscates the distinct voices of Proust's text and de Man's and divides the responsibility for the proposition.• Politicians have once again obfuscated the issue.Origin obfuscate (1500-1600) Late Latin past participle of obfuscare, from Latin fuscus “dark brown”

ob·fus·cate verbChineseSyllable  

deliberately unclear to make something difficult Corpus or to

obfuscate
ob‧fus‧cate /ˈɒbfəskeɪt $ ˈɑːb-/ verb [transitive] formalto deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand
   SYN  confuse
—obfuscation /ˌɒbfəˈskeɪʃən $ ˌɑːb-/ noun [uncountable]

ob·fus·cateBrE /ˈɒbfʌskeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɑːbfʌskeɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they obfuscate BrE /ˈɒbfʌskeɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːbfʌskeɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it obfuscates BrE /ˈɒbfʌskeɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːbfʌskeɪts/ 🔊past simple obfuscated BrE /ˈɒbfʌskeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːbfʌskeɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle obfuscated BrE /ˈɒbfʌskeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːbfʌskeɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form obfuscating BrE /ˈɒbfʌskeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɑːbfʌskeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (formal) to make sth less clear and more difficult to understand, usually deliberately （故意地）混淆，使困惑，使模糊不清 SYN obscure ▸ ob·fus·ca·tion BrE /ˌɒbfʌsˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɑːbfʌsˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable]