小词详解 | blur

blur 英 [blɜː(r)] 美 [blɜːr]

• That has already blurred traditional ideas of ownership.
  这就模糊了传统的所有权概念。
  ——《经济学人》
• Opaque party politics will confuse outside investors and blur the line between some state and private companies.
  不透明的政党政治会让外部投资者搞不清状况，并导致一些国有企业和私营企业之间的界限变得模糊。
  ——《纽约时报》

• 这犟孩子的湿手弄脏了稿子。
  The restive child's damp fingers blurred the manuscript.

• 他仰卧在长沙发上，双臂交叉在胸前。字迹变得一片模糊，在他眼前晃动。
  He lay supine on the couch, arms folded. The writing blurred and danced before his eyes.
• 她容易将朋友和同事混淆起来。
  She is prone to blur the distinction between her friends and her colleagues.

• 他猛力把球击过网去时胳膊快速一晃，令人眼花缭乱。
  His arm was a rapid blur of movement as he whacked the ball over the net.
• 这件事发生在很久以前，我现在记不清了。我只记得那一天损失惨重。
  It all happened so long ago that it's just a blur to me now. All I remember is that that day extracted a heavy toll.

His sword was a blur, and the Small Hall echoed to the clack clack clack.
他的剑快得看不清，喀喀声响彻小厅。

• obscure: make unclear and difficult to understand
• dim: make or become less intense or favorable
• obfuscate: render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible