mysterious

mysterious
adjective
  1. difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify
    神秘的;不可思议的;难以理解的;无法解释的
    his colleague had vanished in mysterious circumstances.
    他的同事神秘地消失了。
    a mysterious benefactor provided the money.
    一个神秘的捐助人提供了这笔钱。
    ■(of a location) having an atmosphere of strangeness or secrecy
    (地点)气氛怪异的
    a dark, mysterious, windowless building.
    漆黑、怪异、没有窗户的建筑。
  2. (of a person) deliberately enigmatic
    (人)爱卖弄玄虚的;诡秘的
    she was mysterious about herself but said plenty about her husband.
    她对自己的情况讳莫如深,但关于她的丈夫却说了不少。
派生
mysteriously
adverb
mysteriousness
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from French mystérieux, from mystère 'mystery'
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