obfuscate

动词 obfuscate:

1. make obscure or unclear

1. The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.
   那作家常以细枝末节来混淆实质问题。

ob.fus.cate

v.tr.（及物动词）
ob.fus.cat.ed,ob.fus.cat.ing,ob.fus.cates
To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand:
使混乱，使糊涂迷惑：使过于混乱或模糊，使得难于感觉或理解：
例句：
.A great effort was made . . . to obscure or obfuscate the truth.(Robert Conquest)
.费了很大力去…阻止和搅乱真相.(罗伯特·康奎斯特)

To render indistinct or dim; darken:
使暗淡：使暗淡，使模糊；使变暗：
例句：
The fog obfuscated the shore.
雾使海岸变得一片朦胧

来源：
Latin obfusc3re obfusc3t- [to darken]
拉丁语 obfusc3re obfusc3t- [使暗]
ob- [over] * see ob-
ob- [结束] *参见 ob-
fusc3re [to darken] from fuscus [dark]
fusc3re [使暗] 源自 fuscus [黑暗的]

【引伸】
ob.fusca.tion
n.（名词）
obfus.cato.ry