【arcane】 - A-level备考词汇

arcane

UK:  [ɑː(r)'keɪn]

US:  [ɑr'keɪn]

adj.

1.神秘

1 . Communities built around common goals and beliefs, rather than arcane licensing policies trying to protect a company's mobile market.
社区里大家有着共同的目标和信仰，不会使用那些晦涩难懂的许可条款来保护某些公司的移动市场。

2 . Arcane discussions about treaty change and rows about Britain's place in Europe have been the stuff of EU summits for literally generations.
围绕条约修订的秘密讨论，以及关于英国在欧洲地位的吵闹，在几代人的时间里，一直存在于欧盟峰会上。

3 . I care not one whit about the money, but I do not wish my arcane powers to be utilized in vain in a trivial battle.
我丝毫不关心钱，但是我不希望将我的奥术力量虚耗在无关紧要的战斗上。

4 . Whether openness advocates like it or not, this is not the way the rest of the world, with its arcane rules of diplomacy, wants to work.
不管支持公开的人士喜欢与否，这并非有着神秘外交规则的世界其它地区希望采取的方式。

5 . Picking classes was far more arcane than I had expected (or than it would have been at a smaller school).
选课让我着实摸不着头脑，这远远超过我的预想的情况（或超过了稍小点学校的情况）。