obfuscate
/ˈɒbfʌskeɪt/verb
with obj.
1- render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible使模糊, 使不清楚; 使无法理解：
the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins.
拼写变化会使一些熟悉的词变形并使它们的词源模糊不清。
1.1
- bewilder (someone)使（人）迷惑不解, 使糊涂：
it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them.
那更可能把人搞糊涂, 而不是使人开窍。
派生词
obfuscation
nounobfuscatory
adjective词源
late Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- 'darkened', from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus 'dark'.