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

• For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and her enigmatic smile have inspired as much speculation as admiration.
  数百年来，达芬奇的“蒙娜丽莎”和她那神秘的微笑引起了众多的猜疑和赞赏。
• 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。
• Haley studied her, an enigmatic smile on his face
  黑利打量着她，脸上带着神秘的笑容。
• 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。
• Since then he has been an enigmatic figure at the field of architecture.
  从此以后，他在建筑界一直是一个谜一样的人物。
• 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。
• 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。
• She gave an enigmatic smile.
  她深不可测地微微一笑。
• 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。
• 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。