confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle;
\\\"a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
I asked, but he said he couldn\\\'t tell me the recipe because it was esoteric. 我問了，但是他說他不能告訴我那藥方，因為那是秘傳的。
Certain kinds of armor are made according to arcane and esoteric methods that involve weaving magic into the substance of the armor. 有一些護甲在制造的過程中用秘傳的方法和神秘的技藝將魔法編織在護甲之上。
Like many esoteric pursuits, this has been facilitated by the internet. 像好多神秘的追求嗜好一樣，互聯網也已經為此提供了便利。
There are no esoteric formulas or secret states of mind that produce good designs effortlessly. 沒有任何奧妙的公式或神秘的心境可毫不費力地提出好的設計方案。
Eventual consistency is not some esoteric property of extreme distributed systems. 最終一致性不是那些被過度分布的系統中存在的晦澀難懂的屬性。
常用短語
The magician is an esoteric figurespart priest, part philosopher, part artist.
出自：M. Hunter
Unless we are to interpret the word \\\'poetry\\\' in some esoteric sense of our own.
出自：G. Murray
The esoteric areas of Neoplatonic symbolism..and the history of inner literary conventions.
出自：P. Larkin
This passion for reading set her apart from her sisters though she shared their esoteric jokes.