esoteric

英 [ˌesə'terɪk] 美 [ˌesə'terɪk]

• adj. 秘传的；神秘的；难懂的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle;

   "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. I asked, but he said he couldn't tell me the recipe because it was esoteric.
   我问了，但是他说他不能告诉我那药方，因为那是秘传的。
2. Certain kinds of armor are made according to arcane and esoteric methods that involve weaving magic into the substance of the armor.
   有一些护甲在制造的过程中用秘传的方法和神秘的技艺将魔法编织在护甲之上。
3. Like many esoteric pursuits, this has been facilitated by the internet.
   像好多神秘的追求嗜好一样，互联网也已经为此提供了便利。
4. There are no esoteric formulas or secret states of mind that produce good designs effortlessly.
   没有任何奥妙的公式或神秘的心境可毫不费力地提出好的设计方案。
5. Eventual consistency is not some esoteric property of extreme distributed systems.
   最终一致性不是那些被过度分布的系统中存在的晦涩难懂的属性。

经典引文

• The magician is an esoteric figurespart priest, part philosopher, part artist.

  出自： M. Hunter

• Unless we are to interpret the word 'poetry' in some esoteric sense of our own.

  出自： G. Murray

• The esoteric areas of Neoplatonic symbolism..and the history of inner literary conventions.

  出自： P. Larkin

• This passion for reading set her apart from her sisters though she shared their esoteric jokes.

  出自： H. Acton

近反义词

【近义词】

• abstruse 深奥的
• inner 内心的
• deep 深的
• enigmatic 谜的
• in 在 ... 里
• significant 重要的
• obscure 难解的
• mysterious 神秘的
• impenetrable 不能穿过的
• cryptic 隐秘的
• arcane 神秘的
• secret 秘密
• occult 不可思议的

【反义词】

• exoteric 大众化的