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esoteric

英 [,esə'terɪk; ,iːsə-]美 [,ɛsə'tɛrɪk]

adj. 祕傳的；限於圈內人的；難懂的

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記憶方法

1. "more within," comparative adverb of eso "within," from PIE *ens-o-, suffixed form of *ens, extended form of root *en "in" (see en-).
2. in / en => *ens => *enso => eso "in, within" + -ter (comparative) => esoter- (comparative) => esoteric.

中文詞源

esoteric 只有內行才懂的

eso-, 進入，來自en-的擴大形式。-ter, 比較級後綴，見external. 即很裏面的，難懂的。

英語詞源

esoteric (adj.)

1650s, from Greek esoterikos

"belonging to an inner circle" (Lucian), from esotero "more within," comparative adverb of eso "within," from PIE *ens-o-, suffixed form of *ens, extended form of root *en "in" (see en- (2)). Classically applied to certain popular and non-technical writings of Aristotle, later to doctrines of Pythagoras. In English, first of Pythagorean doctrines.

權威例句

1. Cale has ploughed a more esoteric furrow as a recording artist.

作爲一名錄音藝人，凱爾走了一條較爲冷僻的道路。

2. There are indications that his esoteric popularity may be ebbing.

有跡象表明,他神祕的聲望可能正在下降.

3. This was House of Commons gossip, as esoteric as theatre - gossip.

這叫做衆議院的流言蜚語, 它同戲劇界的流言蜚語一樣是高深莫測的.

4. The quantum theory is not just an esoteric addendum.

量子理論並不只是一個深奧的附錄.

5. What gives international finance its esoteric twist is the existence of national moneys.

使國際金融具有其奧妙曲折的特點的原因是由於存在着各國貨幣.

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