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

• Crack a notoriously difficult mathematical enigma within two years and the money's yours.
  只要你能在两年内求证一个著名的数学难题，这些钱就是你的了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Historically they proved to be an enigma.
  历史证明它仍然是个谜团。
• Basically he is the force behind ENIGMA.
  从根本上来说他是“谜”的强大后盾。
• 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 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。
• That is an enigma, dear ones.
  那是一个谜，亲爱的你们。
• 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》
• Iran remains an enigma for the outside world.
  对于外界而言，伊朗仍是个谜。