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　

TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14427 / COCA.14247

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

• 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。
• 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。
• It is the enigma of life itself that you desire me to solve.
  你要我解决的是人生之谜。
• 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》
• Mr Modi remains an enigma.
  莫迪依然是一个谜。
• Basically he is the force behind ENIGMA.
  从根本上来说他是“谜”的强大后盾。
• The multi-platinum debut ENIGMA 1 took its form from Gregorian chants, flutes, and deeply sensual grooves.
  获得多白金销量的《谜1》融合了格列高利圣咏、长笛和深沉、性感的格调。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。