enigmatic

英 [ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk]

美 [ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk]

adj.  神秘的; 费解的; 令人困惑的

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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

• 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。
• 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。
• Scorpio is a Water element, and this makes it a somewhat enigmatic sign.
  天蝎座：水相星座的特质使蝎子有些神秘。
• 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。
• 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。
• Foreigner consider Japan to be an enigmatic country.
  外国人认为日本是一个不可思议的国家。
• Oprah Winfrey talks to one of the world's most enigmatic and secretive pop super stars& Michael Jackson.
  奥普拉会谈一个世界上最神秘的流行音乐超级明星&迈克尔·杰克逊。
• His most enigmatic paintings, such as The Tempest and The Three Philosophers, have no obvious subject.
  他最具神秘感的画作都没有明显的主题，像大风暴和三贤哲。
• She gave an enigmatic smile.
  她深不可测地微微一笑。