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

  1. 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

    1. N-COUNT 难解之谜;费解的事;费解的人
      If you describe something or someone as an enigma, 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

    双语例句

    1. Iran remains an enigma for the outside world.
      对于外界而言,伊朗仍是个谜。
    2. 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。
    3. Decidedly this man was an enigma.
      这人真是个谜。
    4. 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。
    5. 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)。
    6. Mr Modi remains an enigma.
      莫迪依然是一个谜。
    7. 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。
    8. 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。
    9. 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。
    10. 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。
    11. He is an enigma to all of us.
      对我们而言,他是个神秘莫测的人物。
    12. 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。
    13. 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。
    14. 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。
    15. 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。
    16. 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。
    17. 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。
    18. In the 18 years since they were discovered, high-temperature superconductors have remained an enigma.
      在高温超导体发现后的18年,它仍然是个谜。
    19. ENIGMA 3 combined and reinterpreted these elements, providing an evolutionary synthesis of previous ENIGMA works.
      《谜3》结合并重新诠释了这些元素,是“谜”前两部作品的一种演进性的综合。
    20. Basically he is the force behind ENIGMA.
      从根本上来说他是“谜”的强大后盾。
    21. Anyway, this returns us to the enigma of Aristotle.
      无论如何,这将我们带回到,围绕亚里士多德的谜团。
    22. His disappearance is an enigma.
      他的失踪是个谜。
    23. 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。
    24. 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。
    25. 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》
    26. 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。
    27. It is the enigma of life itself that you desire me to solve.
      你要我解决的是人生之谜。
    28. Historically they proved to be an enigma.
      历史证明它仍然是个谜团。
    29. That is an enigma, dear ones.
      那是一个谜,亲爱的你们。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. 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

    2. a difficult problem

        Synonym:    riddleconundrumbrain-teaser