The new lighting is obtrusive, drawing the eye away from the very paintings it was installed to display.
新装的灯光过于突兀，把视线从它本应展示的画作上引开。
Which choice best defines “obtrusive”?
D — Noticeable in an unwelcome way.. “obtrusive” means Noticeable in an unwelcome way..
Which word means “Noticeable in an unwelcome way.”?
D — obtrusive. “obtrusive” means Noticeable in an unwelcome way..
obtrusive — Noticeable in an unwelcome way.. In Chinese: 突兀的;碍眼的;强加于人的.
obtrusive is pronounced //əbˈtruːsɪv//.
The new lighting is obtrusive, drawing the eye away from the very paintings it was installed to display. (新装的灯光过于突兀，把视线从它本应展示的画作上引开。)
intrusive, conspicuous, glaring — all close in meaning to obtrusive (Noticeable in an unwelcome way.).
unobtrusive, discreet — each the opposite of obtrusive (Noticeable in an unwelcome way.).
Yes. obtrusive is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
ob + trus(推,intrude) → 硬推到眼前 → 突兀碍眼。