mystery
/ˈmɪstri/
n.
一句话记住
神秘的事物;谜团;悬案;推理小说;悬疑作品
释义与例句
n.
神秘的事物;谜团;悬案
something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain
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The cause of the ship's disappearance remains a mystery.
这艘船失踪的原因仍然是个谜。
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Detectives are trying to solve the mystery of the missing painting.
侦探们正试图解开画作失踪之谜。
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How these ancient structures were built is still a mystery to researchers.
这些古建筑是如何建造的,对研究人员来说仍然是个谜。
n.
推理小说;悬疑作品
a book, film, or play about a crime or puzzling event that is explained at the end
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She enjoys reading a good mystery before going to bed.
她喜欢睡前读一本精彩的推理小说。
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The mystery keeps readers guessing until the final chapter.
这部悬疑小说让读者直到最后一章都在猜测真相。
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He wrote a murder mystery set in a remote village.
他写了一部以偏远村庄为背景的谋杀悬疑小说。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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mysterious 神秘的;难以解释的形容词,描述奇怪、难以了解或解释的事物。
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mysteriously 神秘地;莫名其妙地副词,表示以难以解释的方式发生。
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mystify 使困惑;使迷惑动词,指某事让人完全无法理解。
同义词
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enigma 谜;费解的事物mystery 可指无法解释的事件、悬案或悬疑作品;enigma 较正式,强调人或事物神秘费解、难以看透。To his colleagues, the quiet scientist remained an enigma. 对同事们来说,这位沉默寡言的科学家始终是个谜。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
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myth 神话;错误观念mystery 指难以解释的事物或悬疑故事;myth 指传统神话,也可指被许多人相信但并不真实的错误观念。The play is based on an ancient Greek myth. 这部剧改编自一个古希腊神话。
常见搭配
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solve a mystery 解开谜团;侦破悬案New evidence helped the police solve the mystery. 新证据帮助警方解开了这个谜团。
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remain a mystery 仍然是个谜The purpose of these markings remains a mystery. 这些标记的用途仍然是个谜。
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murder mystery 谋杀悬疑小说(或影视作品)The television series is a murder mystery set in the 1920s. 这部电视剧是一部以二十世纪二十年代为背景的谋杀悬疑剧。