enigmatic

英 [ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk]

美 [ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk]

adj.  神秘的; 费解的; 令人困惑的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11549 / COCA.11873

牛津词典

adj.

• 神秘的；费解的；令人困惑的
  mysterious and difficult to understand
  1. an enigmatic smile
     神秘的笑

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 神秘的;谜一般的;费解的
  Someone or something that isenigmaticis mysterious and difficult to understand.
  1. Haley studied her, an enigmatic smile on his face...
     黑利打量着她，脸上带着神秘的笑容。
  2. She starred in one of Welles's most enigmatic films.
     她在韦尔斯最具神秘色彩的一部电影中出演主角。

英英释义

adj

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
  1. the oracular sayings of Victorian poets
  2. so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it
  3. an enigmatic smile
  Synonym:oracular
• not clear to the understanding
  1. I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later
  2. prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries
  Synonym:enigmaticalpuzzling

双语例句

• And what I discovered was that his plays, so often dubbed enigmatic and mysterious, were nearly all spun out of memories of his own experience.
  我发现他那些通常被认为是高深莫测、不可思议的戏剧作品，几乎都是出自对他亲身经历的记忆。
• Part of what makes him so enigmatic is the nature of his intellect.
  使盖茨神秘莫测的部分原因在于他的智慧特点。
• Goebbels looked anxious, Himmler as calm and enigmatic as usual.
  戈培尔看起来很焦急，希姆莱仍然象平常一样平静和难以捉摸。
• But politics in China mean responses to these challenges will be enigmatic and uncertain.
  但中国的政治现实意味着，对这些挑战的回应将是晦涩而不确定的。
• The relatively few facts we know about the world's greatest poet and dramatist, William Shakespeare, have made him an enigmatic figure. Some imaginative people have even concluded that he wasn't who he was after all.
  我们对威廉莎士比亚所知甚少，以至这位世界上最伟大的诗人兼剧作家几乎成了一位神秘人物。有些颇具想象力的人甚至得出结论：莎士比亚根本不是我们所了解的那个人！
• A half-mile trail winds past lava boulders incised with mysterious markings from the past: turtles, warriors, fish, and enigmatic spirals.
  半英里径风切过去，熔岩、巨石与神秘的标记，从过去到现在有：海龟，勇士，鱼，和神秘的螺旋。
• All we get is an enigmatic voice-over exhortation at the movie's end.
  我们所得到的，只不过是在结尾处，神秘画外音的劝诫。
• And so we speak on the enigmatic purpose of the Pyramids.
  下面我们谈谈这些金字塔高深莫测的作用。
• Haley studied her, an enigmatic smile on his face
  黑利打量着她，脸上带着神秘的笑容。
• Sadness is a way into a mystery, a mystery so rich that sadness never ceases to remain enigmatic.
  悲伤是一种通向某种神秘的方式，这种神秘如此丰富以致于悲伤从未停止过继续神秘。