单词 | enigma |
释义 | enigmae‧nig‧ma /ɪˈnɪɡmə/ noun [countable] ![]() ![]() WORD ORIGINenigma ExamplesOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin aenigma, from Greek, from ainos ‘story’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorpeople that are mysterious► mysterious Collocations if someone is mysterious , other people do not know much about them and do not understand their reasons for doing things: · You are a mysterious girl -- why won't you tell me your name?· There was something mysterious about him, and she wanted to ask him a lot of questions.· He was an impostor -- dark, frightening and mysterious. ► enigmatic if someone is enigmatic it is difficult to understand their character or behaviour, especially because they keep information about themselves secret: · He was fascinated by the enigmatic actress.· Freud remains today an enigmatic figure.· Ever since the start of the journey Ahamado had remained enigmatic, silent and unforthcoming. ► be a mystery if someone is a mystery , you cannot explain or understand their behaviour: be a mystery to: · Women are a complete mystery to me. ► enigma someone who is difficult to understand, and is therefore interesting: · Madeleine was still very much an enigma to him. a mysterious situation► mystery an event or situation that no one can understand or explain: mystery of: · No one has ever been able to explain the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.be a mystery to somebody: · It's a mystery to me how Gayle managed to get here before us.mystery illness/crash/phonecall etc: · Ten firemen were in hospital with a mystery illness last night.unravel/solve a mystery (=find an explanation for a mystery): · Police are still trying to unravel the mystery of how the prisoner managed to escape.the mystery deepens (=something becomes more difficult to explain): · The mystery deepens as more witnesses come forward to tell different stories. ► enigma a situation that is difficult to understand or explain, and that is interesting because of this: · As I studied more about their past, I became more puzzled, and the enigma expanded.be something of an enigma: · It is something of an enigma how a man who could not bear to hurt a living thing could serve as defence secretary. ► riddle something such as a question or a problem that people do not understand and cannot explain: riddle of: · Doctors have found a new clue to the riddle of cot death.solve a riddle: · Other interviewers who have met Geri have tried to solve the riddle of her success.be a riddle to somebody: · Why would Ian want to claim his inheritance and then give all his money away? It was a riddle to me. ► puzzle something that is very difficult to understand or explain but which can sometimes be explained by putting pieces of information together: · The police have almost solved the case but one important piece of the puzzle is still missing: the murder weapon.solve a puzzle: · In 1953 the intricate puzzle of DNA's structure was solved in a Cambridge laboratory. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► remain someone or something that is strange and difficult to understand SYN mystery: · Jim remains an enigma, penetrated through action only to a certain point.· Louisiana, though penetrated, remained an enigma.· But despite all the efforts to make sense of the artist, he remains elusive, an enigma. ![]() |
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