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

• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Modi remains an enigma.
  莫迪依然是一个谜。
• 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。
• Basically he is the force behind ENIGMA.
  从根本上来说他是“谜”的强大后盾。
• 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。
• His disappearance is an enigma.
  他的失踪是个谜。
• 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。
• 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 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。