| 词组 | enigmatic |
| 释义 | enigmatic Copperud 1970, 1980 finds that enigmatic is often incorrectly used to mean "dubious, questionable," and he quotes one example of such misuse. Our files contain no further evidence of it, however. In edited writing, at least, enigmatic seems to be holding firmly to its established sense, "mysterious, puzzling": • ... she remained enigmatic about her own life — John Thompson, Harper's, March 1971 • The enigmatic Cedeno has been a mystery mainly to pitchers so far —E. M. Swift, Sports Illustrated, 7 May 1979 • ... Baudelaire remains an enigmatic figure —Victor Brombert, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 21 Nov. 1982 |
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