| 词汇 | enigma |
| 释义 | enigmaWord family adjectiveenigmaticadverbenigmaticallynounenigmatistenigmaenigmatographyverbenigmatize e·nig·ma /ɪˈnɪɡmə/ noun [countableC] MYSTERIOUSsomeone or something that is strange and difficult to understand 不可理解的人；费解的事物 SYN mystery The neighbours regarded him as something of an enigma. 邻居们把他当成谜一样的人。 Examples from the Corpus enigma• But despite all the efforts to make sense of the artist, he remains elusive, an enigma.• He was to a certain extent an enigma.• Madeleine was still very much an enigma to him.• It is something of an enigma how a man who could not bear to hurt a living thing could serve as defence secretary.• Louisiana, though penetrated, remained an enigma.• Lorraine remains an enigma who is easy to admire but impossible to get to know.• It is as baffling a production enigma as anything in Maclean's own life.• It is more like something surgical - the unpleasant shape of stumpy enigmas.• As I studied more about their past, I became more puzzled, and the enigma expanded. (1500-1600) Latin aenigma, from Greek, from ainos “story” |
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