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

• He is an enigma to all of us.
  对我们而言，他是个神秘莫测的人物。
• 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。
• Decidedly this man was an enigma.
  这人真是个谜。
• It is the enigma of life itself that you desire me to solve.
  你要我解决的是人生之谜。
• This idea has unveiled the enigma of the origin of ancient Ba people in China, and has initiated a new phase for the early Ba culture studies in China as well.
  这揭开了我国古代巴人的起源之谜，也开创了我国早期巴文化研究的新局面。
• 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。
• 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。
• This question still remains as an enigma in the Western literary research.
  一直是西方文学研究中的难解之谜。
• 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。