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 human remains of what you term'Spirit Cave Man'found in Grimes Point is an enigma to your anthropologist.
  在格里姆斯被发现的你们所称的“灵性洞穴人”的骸骨对你们人类学家来说是一个大谜团。
• It is the enigma of life itself that you desire me to solve.
  你要我解决的是人生之谜。
• 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》
• Decidedly this man was an enigma.
  这人真是个谜。
• That is an enigma, dear ones.
  那是一个谜，亲爱的你们。
• Historically they proved to be an enigma.
  历史证明它仍然是个谜团。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Modi remains an enigma.
  莫迪依然是一个谜。
• Young buyers "millennials" in the parlance of marketers present an enigma for auto executives.
  年轻消费者，也就是营销人员口中的“千禧一代”，对汽车厂商的高管来说似乎是个谜团。