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单词 mystery
释义
mystery
noun
uk
/ˈmɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪs.tɚ.i/

mysterynoun(STRANGE/UNKNOWN THING)

B1[CorU]
somethingstrangeor notknownthat has notyetbeenexplainedorunderstood:
神秘的事物，难以理解的事物，谜
How themassivestoneswerebroughthere from hundreds ofmilesawayis/remainsa mystery.巨石是怎样从几百英里之外运到这里来的仍是个谜。
The mystery wassolvedwhen thepolicediscoveredthemurderweapon.警察找到凶器后，谜团便解开了。
Thebooktriestoexplainsome of the mysteriesoflife.该书试图解释一些生命之谜。
Thedetailsof thescandalremaincloaked/shrouded/wrappedinmystery.丑闻的详情仍然不明／是一个谜／披着神秘的面纱。
It'sacompletemystery (tome)that/why(= I do notunderstandwhy)shemarriedhim at all!我完全弄不懂她怎么会嫁给他！
More examples
  • They neverclearedup the mystery of themissingmoney.
  • He was a man of mystery -erasedfrom thehistorybooks.
  • I'mafraidit's afathomlessmystery.
  • There was afeelof mystery about theplace.
  • Why anyonebuysmusicwith suchinsipidlyricsis a mystery.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
  • addled
  • all of a doodahidiom
  • all over the placeidiom
  • alphabet soup
  • at seaidiom
  • discombobulation
  • disordered
  • disorganization
  • disorganized
  • disorientating
  • mush
  • muzzily
  • muzziness
  • mysterious
  • mysteriously
  • unaccountable
  • unaccountably
  • unexplained
  • wise
  • woolliness
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mysterynoun(BOOK/ FILM/PLAY)

[C]
abook,film, orplay,especiallyabout acrimeor amurder, with asurpriseendingthatexplainsall thestrangeeventsthat havehappened:
悬疑作品；悬疑电影；推理剧
I reallyenjoymurdermysteries.我很爱看谋杀推理作品。
a mysterywriter侦探小说作家
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Types of film, play, book etc.
  • adaptation
  • Afrofuturism
  • allegorical
  • allegory
  • anime
  • autobiographical
  • computer-animated
  • cyberpunk
  • episodic
  • Gothic
  • kitchen-sink
  • lampoon
  • procedural
  • prosy
  • psychological
  • pulpy
  • satirical
  • self-referential
  • SFF
  • smash
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(Definition ofmysteryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mystery| American Dictionary

mystery
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈmɪs·tə·ri/
somethingstrangeorunknownwhich has notyetbeenexplainedorunderstood:
[C]Despiteyearsofstudy,sleepwalkingremainsa mystery.
[U]Thedetailsof thescandalareshroudedin mystery.
A mystery is also abook,movie, orplayabout acrimeor othereventthat isdifficulttoexplain:
[C]amurdermystery

mysterious

adjectiveus
/mɪˈstɪər·i·əs/
Hetriedtoconvincethis mysterious woman to go out with him.

mysteriously

adverbus
/mɪˈstɪər·i·əs·li/
Thelightmysteriously came on,althoughno one was near theswitch.

Idiom

a mystery to me
(Definition ofmysteryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmystery

mystery
The obvious answer from the paper is that such considerations reside with the opaque mysteries of non-classical process.
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Many mysteries remain about how and why languages change.
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While these reminiscences do not solve any mysteries, they could eventually help to shed new light on significant but as yet unresolved biographical questions.
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All this is familiar to those in the business, but two mysteries stand out.
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While covering similar ground, the books are complementary in providing different perspectives on one of science's greatest unsolved mysteries.
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Moreover, the mysteries of mixing and diluting serum - second only to homeopathic remedies - made it necessary to establish an objective value.
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Books were no longer laboriously compiled clerical mysteries: they had rapidly become both commercially viable and highly visible in society at large.
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Just-deserts responsibility requires mysteries or myopia; either way, it is fundamentally incompatible with medical science.
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By reason of this terror the savage trembled before the magician who seemed to have penetrated the mysteries of nature about him.
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We enjoy mysteries, so long as they do not threaten our person.
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In the hands of those less skilled than the aforementioned religionists, mysteries themselves, can be used to justify virtually any behaviour.
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Their mechanics, in a sense, outweigh their mysteries - which may be a way of saying that the records are disturbing but not inexplicable.
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All these and other mysteries are explored in this fascinating book, with the aid of some good illustrations.
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The material means of music are rationally quantifiable but not the mysteries of their application.
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The near-sacred statistics are explained; formulas are given for mysteries like the earned run average.
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Collocationswithmystery

mystery

These are words often used in combination withmystery.

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aura of mystery
I do not mind a great central institution honestly worked, as this, having as it were, a certainauraofmystery, if you like.
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complete mystery
The neurophysiological bases that commit the bulk of humanity to the supernatural remain acompletemystery.
From theCambridge English Corpus
great mystery
It is still agreatmysterywhy the human brain can support sequences and symbols at an abstract level denied to other species.
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