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。
• 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。
• That is an enigma, dear ones.
  那是一个谜，亲爱的你们。
• His disappearance is an enigma.
  他的失踪是个谜。
• 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。
• It is the enigma of life itself that you desire me to solve.
  你要我解决的是人生之谜。
• He is an enigma to all of us.
  对我们而言，他是个神秘莫测的人物。
• 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。
• 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。
• Historically they proved to be an enigma.
  历史证明它仍然是个谜团。