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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

      • Decidedly this man was an enigma.
        这人真是个谜。
      • Whichever way you look at the Eocene enigma, it is bad news for life on Earth.
        无论用何种途径来观察始新世温室的这个谜,都对地球上生命带来不好的消息。
      • 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。
      • Everything about this singular enigma was inexplicable.
        所有的一切,在这个离奇的哑谜中,是无法解释的。
      • Basically he is the force behind ENIGMA.
        从根本上来说他是“谜”的强大后盾。
      • His disappearance is an enigma.
        他的失踪是个谜。
      • 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)。
      • Enigma of Life and Beauty of Transcendent Experience A Dream of Red Mansions;
        人生之谜和超验之美&体悟《红楼梦》
      • The idea then that Machiavelli is doing no more than saying openly and overtly what ancient writers had wrapped in parable and enigma and myth says something about Machiavelli's new political science.
        马基雅维利只不过是,公然说出了古代作家们,以寓言,谜以及神话的形式包裹的内容,这种看法一定程度上阐明了马基雅维利的。
      • Yet, for all of this, one might say there is still a profound enigma surrounding Aristotle's political works.
        但除了上述之外,人们还是觉得,亚里士多德的政治作品仍充满了深奥的谜团。