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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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

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  1. how it got out is a mystery
  2. it remains one of nature's secrets
  Synonym:mysterysecretclosed book
• a difficult problem
  Synonym:riddleconundrumbrain-teaser

双语例句

• The multi-platinum debut ENIGMA 1 took its form from Gregorian chants, flutes, and deeply sensual grooves.
  获得多白金销量的《谜1》融合了格列高利圣咏、长笛和深沉、性感的格调。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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》
• His disappearance is an enigma.
  他的失踪是个谜。
• 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。
• He is an enigma to all of us.
  对我们而言，他是个神秘莫测的人物。
• 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。
• Decidedly this man was an enigma.
  这人真是个谜。