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

• 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）。
• Yet, for all of this, one might say there is still a profound enigma surrounding Aristotle's political works.
  但除了上述之外，人们还是觉得，亚里士多德的政治作品仍充满了深奥的谜团。
• 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》
• 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。
• Basically he is the force behind ENIGMA.
  从根本上来说他是“谜”的强大后盾。
• That is an enigma, dear ones.
  那是一个谜，亲爱的你们。
• It is the enigma of life itself that you desire me to solve.
  你要我解决的是人生之谜。
• The human remains of what you term'Spirit Cave Man'found in Grimes Point is an enigma to your anthropologist.
  在格里姆斯被发现的你们所称的“灵性洞穴人”的骸骨对你们人类学家来说是一个大谜团。
• 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。