mystery

【发音】
美 /ˈmɪstri/ 英 /ˈmɪstri/
【翻译】
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n.迷,神秘的事物
英释:an event, situation etc that people do not understand or cannot explain because they do not know enough about it
【记忆】
my(我的) + stery(看作story, 故事) → 我的故事很神秘 → 神秘
【短语】
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murder mystery : 谋杀之谜
【例句】
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Twenty years after the event, his death remains a mystery .
事情过去二十年了,他的死仍然是个谜。
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The way her mind worked was always a mystery to him.
她脑子里在想些什么对他来说始终是个谜。
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‘Why did he do it?’ ‘I don’t know. It’s a complete mystery .’
“他为什么这么做?” “我不知道,这完全是个谜。”
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The police never solved the mystery of Gray’s disappearance.
警察一直没有侦破格雷失踪的谜案。
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But why would anyone want to kill Jack? The mystery deepened .
但为什么会有人想杀死杰克呢?疑团越来越深了。
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What happened to the paintings after that is an unsolved mystery .
后来那些画的命运如何是个不解之谜。
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I don’t know how he got the job – it’s one of life’s little mysteries .
我不知道他是怎么得到那份工作的——那永远是个小小的谜。
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How life began on Earth is one of the great mysteries of science.
地球生命的起源是一大科学谜团。
【真题例句】
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(2015.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 听力题)...This is a mystery that many people have carefully thought about...
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(2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...like characters in a mystery play...
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(2010.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...or than any of his teachers has done for years-he has solved the mystery of language...
【同、近义词】
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n.神秘,秘密;奥秘;神秘的事物
secret/privacy/confidence/
【同根词】
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adj
mysterious : 神秘的;不可思议的;难解的
mystic : 神秘的;神秘主义的
mystical : 神秘的;神秘主义的
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adv
mysteriously : 神秘地;故弄玄虚地;难以理解地
mystically : 神秘地
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n
mystic : 神秘主义者
mystique : 奥秘,秘诀;神秘性
mysticism : 神秘;神秘主义;谬论
mystification : 神秘化;困惑不解;骗人的把戏
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vt
mystify : 使神秘化;使迷惑,使困惑