单词	enigmatically
释义	enigmaticen‧ig‧mat‧ic /ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk◂/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES an enigmatic smile Ever since the start of the journey Ahamado had remained enigmatic, silent and unforthcoming. Freud remains today an enigmatic figure. He was fascinated by the enigmatic actress. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS His face wore that same enigmatic smile, but he did not speak. Rafiq did not speak but stood looking at his two colleagues, an enigmatic smile on his face. She presented him with barrier after barrier of enigmatic remarks, as now. She smiled that enigmatic smile again as I countered with my bishop's pawn. Some years before, I might have guessed Bond's enigmatic presence in the scene. Still, he is impressive as the surly, enigmatic intellectual who offers Jane a glimmer of hope for a better life. The books they marked were returned, probably not fully read, but with these enigmatic new chapters unwittingly added. Thesaurus THESAURUS► mysterious difficult to explain or understand, and often strange or slightly frightening: · the mysterious disappearance of ships in the waters of the Bermuda Triangle· What’s that mysterious noise? ► puzzling difficult to explain or understand: · At first this must seem a puzzling question.· I found her attitude deeply puzzling. ► baffling impossible to understand, so that you feel very confused: · It was a baffling case.· Like many people, I find theoretical physics baffling. ► inexplicable formal impossible to explain: · For some inexplicable reason her mind went completely blank.· Some things in life are inexplicable. ► enigmatic formal mysterious and difficult to understand, but also often attractive or interesting – used especially about people, their expressions, or things they say: · She gave him an enigmatic smile.· an enigmatic remark ► cryptic formal having a meaning that is difficult to understand, and is not expressed in a clear direct way – used especially about things that people say or write: · I got a rather cryptic message from him.· cryptic comments ► be a mystery if something is a mystery, you cannot understand how or why it happens: · Four years later, his death remains a complete mystery.· It’s all a mystery to me. ► be shrouded/veiled in mystery if an event or a situation, especially one that happened a long time ago, is shrouded in mystery, it is mysterious because no one knows exactly what happened: · Stone age civilization, veiled in mystery as it is, has provided the greatest challenge to historians. Longman Language Activatorpeople that are mysterious► mysterious 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. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► enigmatic smile/expression etc COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► as · Everything carries a strangeness as enigmatic as the vision of Constantina, poised with her knife above the chocolate-roll. NOUN► smile · She smiled that enigmatic smile again as I countered with my bishop's pawn.· Rafiq did not speak but stood looking at his two colleagues, an enigmatic smile on his face.· His face wore that same enigmatic smile, but he did not speak.· He didn't say anything, he just smiled his quiet, enigmatic smile and returned to his paper. mysterious and difficult to understandenigmatic smile/expression etc—enigmatically /-kli/ adverb:  ‘You’ll see,’ he replied enigmatically.
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