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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Iran remains an enigma for the outside world.
  对于外界而言，伊朗仍是个谜。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Modi remains an enigma.
  莫迪依然是一个谜。
• 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。
• Basically he is the force behind ENIGMA.
  从根本上来说他是“谜”的强大后盾。