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。
(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
late 16th cent.: from French mystérieux, from mystère 'mystery'