conundrums

英 [kəˈnʌndrəmz]

美 [kəˈnʌndrəmz]

n.  令人迷惑的难题; 复杂难解的问题; 谜语
conundrum的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 难题;复杂难解的问题
  Aconundrumis a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve.
  1. ...this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God.
     在善良的上帝创造的世界里存在着邪恶和苦难这一神学之谜

双语例句

• Based on the analysis of the characteristics of conundrums, the semantic approach is introduced and the semantic strategies are summarized.
  基于对英语脑筋急转弯特征的分析，本文提出了从语义学的角度对英语脑筋急转弯进行研究，并对其运用的语义策略进行了归纳总结。
• Interestingly, had C++'s support for private inheritance carried over into the Java language, we could use it today to resolve some of the conundrums of the JavaBeans specification.
  有趣的是，C++对于私有继承的支持在Java语言中得到了延续，今天，我们用它来解决JavaBeans规范的难题。
• Conundrums constitute a form of humorous expressions in English.
  英语脑筋急转弯体现了英语幽默语言的特点。
• It is one of the chief tech conundrums of the decade: people are flocking away from desktops and laptops and toward mobile devices, but the mobile-ad economy is terrible.
  它是十年来最困扰业界的技术难题之一：用户正在从台式机和笔记本电脑转向移动设备，但是移动广告的市场表现却惨不忍睹。
• Such tales often involved assorted comrades banding together to solve interplanetary conundrums, invariably sacrificing self for the sake of society and the universe.
  这样的故事通常是讲述各种各样的同志们联合在一起，去解决星际间的各种问题，为了全社会，为了全宇宙，免不了要有自我牺牲。
• What prompts the formation of conundrums?
  是什么促使的脑筋急转弯的生成？
• The situations in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Bahrain pose another set of conundrums.
  沙特、也门以及巴林的局势构成了另一组谜题。
• One of the eternal conundrums of interaction and interface design is how to address the needs of both beginning users and expert users with a single, coherent interface.
  在交互和界面设计中，如何用同一个界面满足新手用户和专家用户的需求是长久以来存在的难题之一。
• All told, output and margin conundrums have pushed down return on capital employed to all-time lows.
  总之，产出和利润率的双重困境，将已动用资本回报率（ROCE）推向历史新低。
• It provided many problems often appearing in the long-term judicial practice, many of which are conundrums, hot issues and doubtful matters. This "Judicial Interpretation" provides a legal basis for dealing with these concerns.
  《司法解释》规定的很多问题都是长期司法实践当中所遇到的比较突出的问题，其中很多是难点、热点、疑点问题，《司法解释》为处理这些问题提供了一个法律依据。