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enigma

英 [ɪˈnɪɡmə]

美 [ɪˈnɪɡmə]

n.  神秘的人; 费解的事物; 令人困惑的处境

复数:enigmas 

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Collins.1 / BNC.14427 / COCA.14247

牛津词典

    noun

    • 神秘的人;费解的事物;令人困惑的处境
      a person, thing or situation that is mysterious and difficult to understand

      柯林斯词典

      • N-COUNT 难解之谜;费解的事;费解的人
        If you describe something or someone as anenigma, you mean they are mysterious or difficult to understand.
        1. Iran remains an enigma for the outside world.
          对于外界而言,伊朗仍是个谜。
        2. ...a story which makes clear the modern enigma of spirituality.
          解开现代灵性之谜的故事

      英英释义

      noun

      双语例句

      • Mr Modi remains an enigma.
        莫迪依然是一个谜。
      • Decidedly this man was an enigma.
        这人真是个谜。
      • REM sleep, however, is the proverbial riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
        然而REM睡眠,却是众所皆知的包于谜团中的谜中之谜。
      • I've known him for many years, but he remains something of an enigma to me.
        我与他相识多年,他仍然难以捉摸。
      • Think Enigma and the German military communications in World War II, for example.
        (比如,想一想二战时期Enigma和German的军事通信)。
      • She never yielded and never became an enigma.
        她从不屈服,从来没有成为一个不可思议的人。
      • He is an enigma to all of us.
        对我们而言,他是个神秘莫测的人物。
      • It is the enigma of life itself that you desire me to solve.
        你要我解决的是人生之谜。
      • How can he successfully resolved that problem is still an enigma.
        他如何成功解决那个难题仍是个谜。
      • Nevertheless, voles are an "evolutionary enigma" with many bizarre traits, DeWoody said.
        但是野鼠是包含许多奇怪特性的“进化中的谜”,代物第说道。