释义 |
Definition of recondite in English: reconditeadjective ˈrɛk(ə)ndʌɪtrɪˈkɒndʌɪt (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse. (学科,知识)玄妙的;艰深的,深奥的 the book is full of recondite information 书中充满深奥难懂的知识。 Example sentencesExamples - I have known non-intellectual teachers and writers with a marvelous capacity for getting recondite points across to the most obtuse student or reader.
- Feeling uncertain of his understanding of the mathematical concepts, he asked senior mathematicians to test his grasp of the more recondite concepts.
- But if you dress up the idea in a forbidding vocabulary, full of neologisms and recondite references to philosophy, then you may have a prescription for academic stardom.
- They must have found their teacher too sophisticated, too full of recondite allusions for them to follow.
- The Buddha's monks were not to speculate about the future or the past, or about such recondite questions as the beginning or end of the world.
- Whether in science, philosophy, or religion, the use of recondite terminology has a tendency to impede the dissemination of useful concepts and theories.
- The biographer's contextualising presence allows us to catch even the most recondite allusion.
- Derrida burst on to the world stage in the 1960s with his recondite theory known as deconstruction.
- Hansen uses short sentences and has a knack for clarifying opaque and recondite ideas.
- Such recondite periphrasis brought its own reward.
- And if the model of critical practice sounds urbane, recondite and not a little esoteric, it need not be dull.
- She metamorphosed into a highly intelligent woman who engaged the General on recondite matters of French history and culture.
- Let's show the world that we can be lucid and enthusiastic explainers of recondite ideas, not merely the flamboyant show-offs that unfair stereotypes so often paint us to be.
- Imagery is of central importance to all three poets, and their use of images is daring, varied, and frequently recondite.
- Bruce was a lively and fascinating speaker, with a huge fund of anecdotes and recondite facts.
- The recondite topic of usury allowed Noonan to consider the problem of doctrinal development at greater length.
- He took his stories from writers more recondite than Ovid and Livy, the sources for the painters of the Bourbon monarchy and the Napoleonic empire.
- It is a mine of interesting and recondite information, written by the leading authorities in their fields.
- Hellenistic literature displayed (sometimes in one and the same work) a mandarin artificiality full of recondite, learned allusions and a lively, realistic interest in everyday life.
- His accompanying text may not answer every question on this recondite subject.
Synonyms obscure, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, little known, recherché, abstract, deep, profound, cryptic, difficult, complex, complicated, involved over/above one's head, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, opaque, dark, mysterious, occult, cabbalistic, secret, hidden rare Alexandrian
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin reconditus 'hidden, put away', past participle of recondere, from re- 'back' + condere 'put together, secrete'. Definition of recondite in US English: reconditeadjective (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse. (学科,知识)玄妙的;艰深的,深奥的 the book is full of recondite information 书中充满深奥难懂的知识。 Example sentencesExamples - His accompanying text may not answer every question on this recondite subject.
- They must have found their teacher too sophisticated, too full of recondite allusions for them to follow.
- Hansen uses short sentences and has a knack for clarifying opaque and recondite ideas.
- Bruce was a lively and fascinating speaker, with a huge fund of anecdotes and recondite facts.
- He took his stories from writers more recondite than Ovid and Livy, the sources for the painters of the Bourbon monarchy and the Napoleonic empire.
- And if the model of critical practice sounds urbane, recondite and not a little esoteric, it need not be dull.
- I have known non-intellectual teachers and writers with a marvelous capacity for getting recondite points across to the most obtuse student or reader.
- The biographer's contextualising presence allows us to catch even the most recondite allusion.
- Hellenistic literature displayed (sometimes in one and the same work) a mandarin artificiality full of recondite, learned allusions and a lively, realistic interest in everyday life.
- She metamorphosed into a highly intelligent woman who engaged the General on recondite matters of French history and culture.
- The recondite topic of usury allowed Noonan to consider the problem of doctrinal development at greater length.
- Let's show the world that we can be lucid and enthusiastic explainers of recondite ideas, not merely the flamboyant show-offs that unfair stereotypes so often paint us to be.
- Derrida burst on to the world stage in the 1960s with his recondite theory known as deconstruction.
- Whether in science, philosophy, or religion, the use of recondite terminology has a tendency to impede the dissemination of useful concepts and theories.
- Such recondite periphrasis brought its own reward.
- Imagery is of central importance to all three poets, and their use of images is daring, varied, and frequently recondite.
- Feeling uncertain of his understanding of the mathematical concepts, he asked senior mathematicians to test his grasp of the more recondite concepts.
- But if you dress up the idea in a forbidding vocabulary, full of neologisms and recondite references to philosophy, then you may have a prescription for academic stardom.
- It is a mine of interesting and recondite information, written by the leading authorities in their fields.
- The Buddha's monks were not to speculate about the future or the past, or about such recondite questions as the beginning or end of the world.
Synonyms obscure, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, little known, recherché, abstract, deep, profound, cryptic, difficult, complex, complicated, involved
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin reconditus ‘hidden, put away’, past participle of recondere, from re- ‘back’ + condere ‘put together, secrete’. |