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

• His disappearance is an enigma.
  他的失踪是个谜。
• 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。
• 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》
• 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。
• 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。
• He is an enigma to all of us.
  对我们而言，他是个神秘莫测的人物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。