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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Iran remains an enigma for the outside world.
  对于外界而言，伊朗仍是个谜。
• Mr Modi remains an enigma.
  莫迪依然是一个谜。
• 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）。
• 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。
• That is an enigma, dear ones.
  那是一个谜，亲爱的你们。