mystery
noun /ˈmɪstri/
/ˈmɪstəri/
(plural mysteries)
- [countable] something that is difficult to understand or to explain
神秘的事物；不可理解之事；奥秘 - It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of this century.
这是本世纪尚未解开的大奥秘之一。 - Their motives remain a mystery.
他们的动机仍然是个谜。 - She tried to solve the mystery of the boy's sudden death.
她试图解开男孩突然死亡的谜团。 - It is a mystery to somebody why, how, etc… It's a complete mystery to me why they chose him.
我真无法理解他们为什么会选他。
- He had found the clue to unlock the whole mystery
他已经找到了解开整个谜团的线索。 - Her poetry attempts to penetrate the dark mystery of death.
她的诗歌试图探索死亡的玄妙奥秘。 - How the disease started is one of medicine's great mysteries.
这种病的起因是医学上的一大未解之谜。 - How these insects actually communicate presents something of a mystery.
这些昆虫究竟怎样传递信息可以说还是个谜。 - It remains a mystery as to where he was buried.
他的埋葬地至今仍是个谜。 - It was easy to believe that the house held some great mystery.
人们很容易相信这所房子藏有某个极大的谜团。 - She pondered the mystery of the disappearing thief.
她反复琢磨为什么那个窃贼踪影全无。 - The mystery deepened when the police's only suspect was found murdered.
警方唯一的嫌疑人被杀了，这个案子变得更加扑朔迷离。 - The police are close to solving the mystery of the missing murder weapon.
警方就要揭开凶器不翼而飞之谜了。 - The silence has deepened the mystery surrounding his work.
沉默使他的工作更富神秘感。 - The witness could shed no light on the mystery of the deceased's identity.
目击者对揭开死者身分之谜没什么帮助。 - There's a bit of a mystery about this child.
这孩子让人觉着有点儿难以捉摸。 - one of life's little mysteries
人生的小谜团之一 - the central mystery of the story
故事的主要疑点
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- It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of this century.
- [countable] (often used as an adjective
常用作形容词 神秘的人（或事物）；陌生而有趣的人（或事物） - He's a bit of a mystery.
他这个人有点儿神秘。 - There was a mystery guest on the programme.
节目中有位神秘嘉宾。 - The mystery man's identity remains hidden.
神秘人的身份仍然隐藏着。 - a mystery disease/illness/virus
未知的疾病／病毒 - (British English) a mystery tour (= when you do not know where you are going)
神秘之旅 - mystery to somebody My sister is a complete mystery to me.
姐姐对我来说完全是个谜。
- The band was financed by a mystery backer.
这个乐队是由一个神秘人资助的。 - Next on the programme, Dan Green takes us on a magical mystery tour of Cumbria's music scene.
接下来的节目中，丹·格林将带我们在坎布里亚的音乐舞台上进行一次神奇的神秘之旅。 - Their suspect was a mystery man: a quiet, happily married man with no enemies.
他们确定的嫌疑人是一个神秘男子：一个性格安静、婚姻幸福、没有仇人的男子。 - She was a total mystery to him despite their long association.
尽管已经交往很长时间了，但对他而言，她还完全是个谜。
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- He's a bit of a mystery.
- [uncountable] the quality of being difficult to understand or to explain, especially when this makes somebody/something seem interesting and exciting
神秘；不可思议；奥秘 - Mystery surrounds her disappearance.
她的失踪引起了重重疑团。 - His past is shrouded in mystery (= not much is known about it).
他来历不明。 - The dark glasses give her an air of mystery.
这墨镜使她显得有些神秘。 - She’s a woman of mystery.
她是个神秘的女人。
- Mystery remains over who will star in the film.
谁将主演该影片仍然是个谜。 - Modern weather forecasts try to take the mystery out of meteorology.
现代天气预报试图揭开气象学的神秘面纱。 - The whole incident was shrouded in mystery.
整个事件笼罩着一层神秘色彩。 - a place of deep mystery and enchantment
极为神秘而迷人的地方 - Her blue eyes had a certain mystery.
她的蓝眼睛带有一种神秘感。 - the mystery surrounding her resignation
她的辞职之谜
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- Mystery surrounds her disappearance.
- [countable] a story, a film or a play in which crimes and strange events are only explained at the end
悬疑小说（或电影、戏剧） - He is the author of several murder mysteries.
他写有几部凶杀推理小说。 - The film is based on Daphne DuMaurier's mystery novel, ‘Rebecca’.
这部电影是根据达芙妮·杜莫里尔的推理小说《丽贝卡》改编的。
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- He is the author of several murder mysteries.
- mysteries[plural] secret religious ceremonies; secret knowledge
秘密的宗教仪式；秘密知识 - (figurative) the teacher who initiated me into the mysteries of mathematics
把我引进神秘的数学世界的老师
- (figurative) the teacher who initiated me into the mysteries of mathematics
- [countable] a religious belief that cannot be explained or proved in a scientific way
（宗教信仰的）奥义，奥秘，奥迹 - the mystery of creation
造物的奥秘
- the mystery of creation
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘mystic presence, hidden religious symbolism’): from Old French mistere or Latin mysterium, from Greek mustērion; related to mystic.