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单词 enigma
释义
enigma
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈnɪɡ.mə/us
/əˈnɪɡ.mə/
something that ismysteriousandseemsimpossibletounderstandcompletely:
令人费解的事物，令人困惑的事物
She is something of an enigma.她有点让人捉摸不透。
Thenewspaperswerefullofstoriesabout the enigma of the plane'sdisappearance.报纸上充斥着有关飞机失踪之谜的报道。
Synonyms
closed bookinformal
mystery(STRANGE/UNKNOWN THING)
riddle(QUESTION)
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
  • muzzily
  • muzziness
  • mysterious
  • mysteriously
  • mystification
  • unaccountably
  • unexplained
  • wise
  • woolliness
  • woolly
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(Definition ofenigmafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

enigma| American Dictionary

enigma
noun[C]
us
/ɪˈnɪɡ·mə/
someone or something that ismysteriousandimpossibletounderstand:
He is an enigma to mostpeople.

enigmatic

adjectiveus
/ˌen·ɪɡˈmæt̬·ɪk/
an enigmaticsmile
(Definition ofenigmafrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofenigma

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Adding to "theenigmaof soil animal diversity": fungal feeders and saprophagous soil invertebrates prefer similar food substrates.
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The other possibilities should also be borne in mind when investigating tick toxicoses as theenigmaof toxin origins for most tick toxins still exists.
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While questions remain concerning the dynamics of turbulent decay downstream from a grid, in comparison the dynamics of turbulent flames are a completeenigma.
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Thisenigmawould be solved if one considers dourine as the chronic form of both diseases.
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Yet why bother to craft such an elaborateenigmafor the title page?
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The basicenigmaof music remains how its temporality may lead to an experiential likeliness of that which is beyond time.
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This indifference, however, is anenigmafor thought.
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For those who do not subscribe to the natural law theory, theenigmais indecipherable.
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The poem thus begins with a smallenigma.
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With all these multiple uses and potential ways of valuing musical enigmas, it is perhaps surprising that more are not found in print.
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A possible solution to thisenigmais that the concentration of greenhouse gasses was much higher in the early atmosphere.
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Recent studies of his diplomacy embroider theenigmarather than unravelling it.
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Theenigmaversion is in three parts; one may assume that a fourth part was added to the motet before its 1562 publication.
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Cerone's enigmas are intricate and impressive, and they must have been hugely expensive to produce.
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He cites numerous collections and studies of sixteenthand seventeenth-century enigmas and riddles.
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