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 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。
• Ground conditions are not necessarily enigmatic in densely covered areas, even in rain forests.
  在浓密森林覆盖区，甚至在雨林区，地面情况未必都是莫明其妙的。
• Little is known about this solitary and enigmatic writer.
  人们对这位深居简出的神秘作家所知甚少。
• 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。
• The authors create irreversible potassium channel inhibitors that enable characterization of these enigmatic complexes.
  作者造成不可逆转的钾离子通道抑制剂，使表征这些谜物。
• He is an enigmatic figure.
  他是个谜一般的人物。
• 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。
• Well that's probably not the only thing you don't know about the enigmatic Kitty.
  怎么样，不知道吧！有关这只神秘的小猫你可能有更多不知道的事情呢！
• 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！
• Haley studied her, an enigmatic smile on his face
  黑利打量着她，脸上带着神秘的笑容。