Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother.
当时的读者却愉快地接受这样一些事实，一个低贱的女佣实际上是主人公的母亲；
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 36 A chance in a million
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 昏暗的，朦胧的;晦涩的，不清楚的;隐蔽的;不著名的，无名的;
vt. 使…模糊不清，掩盖;隐藏;使难理解;
n. 某种模糊的或不清楚的东西;
💡 ob逆，倒，加强意义+s+cure关心→不关心→记不住了→模糊的
"an obscure German poet"
一个名不见经传的德国诗人
近义：hide, mire, mud, muddle, muddy, obfuscate
反义：illuminate, manifest, resolve, clear, elucidate, evince
adv. 真，真正;实在，果真;实际上;事实上;
💡 real真实的+ly表副词 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
汤姆确实饿坏了,把端到桌上的东西吃得精光.
近义：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反义：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
adv. 快乐地;幸运地，幸福地;巧合地，适当地;〈古〉偶然;
"They chattered away happily for a while."
他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
近义：joyfully, joyously, lightheartedly, luckily, merrily, playfully
反义：languidly, limply, listlessly, melancholically, mirthlessly, mournfully
n. 事实，实情;实际;真相，证据;犯罪行为;
"They sat bemoaning the fact that no one would give them a chance."
他们坐着埋怨别人不肯给他们一个机会。
近义：particular, reality, sooth, substantiality, truth, verity