• adj. 秘傳的；限于圈內(nèi)人的；難懂的

eso-, 進(jìn)入，來自en-的擴(kuò)大形式。-ter, 比較級后綴，見external. 即很里面的，難懂的。

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.

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

作為一名錄音藝人，凱爾走了一條較為冷僻的道路。

來自柯林斯例句

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

有跡象表明,他神秘的聲望可能正在下降.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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

這叫做眾議院的流言蜚語, 它同戲劇界的流言蜚語一樣是高深莫測的.

來自辭典例句

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

量子理論并不只是一個(gè)深奧的附錄.

來自辭典例句

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(diǎn)的原因是由于存在著各國貨幣.

來自辭典例句