動詞 obfuscate:

1. make obscure or unclear

1. The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.
   那作家常以細枝末節(jié)來混淆實質(zhì)問題。

ob.fus.cate

v.tr.（及物動詞）
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:
使混亂，使糊涂迷惑：使過于混亂或模糊，使得難于感覺或理解：
例句：
.A great effort was made . . . to obscure or obfuscate the truth.(Robert Conquest)
.費了很大力去…阻止和攪亂真相.(羅伯特·康奎斯特)

To render indistinct or dim; darken:
使暗淡：使暗淡，使模糊；使變暗：
例句：
The fog obfuscated the shore.
霧使海岸變得一片朦朧

來源：
Latin obfusc3re obfusc3t- [to darken]
拉丁語 obfusc3re obfusc3t- [使暗]
ob- [over] * see ob-
ob- [結(jié)束] *參見 ob-
fusc3re [to darken] from fuscus [dark]
fusc3re [使暗] 源自 fuscus [黑暗的]

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