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发音：[ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk]
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例句：
- The word enigmatic is an adjective that is used to describe something or someone that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. It suggests that there is a sense of secrecy or ambiguity surrounding the subject in question, making it hard to discern its true meaning or intentions.
- James is sent to Berlin on an enigmatic assignment involving an mysterious scientist and, after some tension-ratcheting quiet, things rapidly go south.
- The enigmatic entrepreneur invested in Tesla in 2004, a year after its founding, and holds more than a 20 percent stake in the company, according to a regulatory filing this month.
- In 1998, a team of researchers made the three-and-a-half day trek to the isolated Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific to study one of its few residents: the enigmatic and endangered, erect-crested penguin.
- Game of Thrones’ most recent episode, “The Long Night,” was probably the final showcase for the Night King, the enigmatic ancestor of the White Walkers.
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解释：
- Enigmatic这个单词做形容词使用，其表示“mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand”这一含义，即某人或者某事“神秘的/令人费解的/令人困惑的/高深莫测的”，与mysterious/puzzling/incomprehensible这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- After months of speculation and free press, Apple unveiled—through their charismatic and enigmatic leader, Steve Jobs—how they intend to extend their dominance over the rapidly expanding tablet market with the iPad2.（经过数月的猜测和新闻自由，苹果通过其魅力十足且神秘的领导者史蒂夫·乔布斯公布了他们打算如何通过iPad2扩大其在迅速扩张的平板电脑市场的主导地位。）
—Technology - Besides helping to date archaeological contexts, the technology provides invaluable information on Earth’s magnetic field, one of the most enigmatic phenomena in geoscience.（除了帮助确定考古背景的年代外，该技术还提供了有关地球磁场的宝贵信息，这是地球科学中最神秘的现象之一。）
—Science - Throughout his 21 NBA seasons, Garnett gained a reputation as one of the game’s most enigmatic figures, it follows that there would be an air of mystery surrounding his departure.（在他的 21 个 NBA 赛季中，加内特获得了比赛最神秘人物之一的声誉，因此他的离开会有一种神秘的气氛。）
—Sports - Against the backdrop of fear over European debt and stagnant global growth, the hedge fund, led by one of Wall Street’s more enigmatic titans, Ray Dalio, sidestepped the mess.（在对欧洲债务和全球增长停滞的担忧的背景下，由华尔街最神秘的巨头之一雷·达里奥领导的对冲基金回避了这场混乱局面。）
—Business
