mysterious

英 [mɪˈstɪəriəs]

美 [mɪˈstɪriəs]

adj.  神秘的; 奇怪的; 不易解释的; 陌生的; 诡秘的; 故弄玄虚的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 神秘的；奇怪的；不易解释的
  difficult to understand or explain; strange
  1. He died in mysterious circumstances.
     他的死因是个谜。
  2. A mysterious illness is affecting all the animals.
     一种奇怪的疾病正在侵袭所有的动物。
• 神秘的；陌生的
  strange and interesting because you do not know much about them
  1. A mysterious young woman is living next door.
     一位神秘的年轻女子住在隔壁。
• 诡秘的；故弄玄虚的
  not saying much about sth, especially when other people want to know more
  1. He was being very mysterious about where he was going.
     他十分诡秘，闭口不谈他要去哪里。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 神秘的;难以理解的
  Someone or something that ismysteriousis strange and is not known about or understood.
  1. He died in mysterious circumstances...
     他死得很蹊跷。
  2. A mysterious illness confined him to bed for over a month...
     他得了一种神秘的怪病，卧床有一个多月。
  3. The whole thing seems very mysterious...
     整件事情看起来都很蹊跷。
  4. He began to feel sympathy for this slightly mysterious man.
     他开始对这位有点儿神秘的男子怀有同情。
• ADJ-GRADED 爱故弄玄虚的;神秘的
  If someone ismysteriousabout something, they deliberately do not talk much about it, sometimes because they want to make people more interested in it.
  1. As for his job — well, he was very mysterious about it.
     至于他的工作，他总是显得非常神秘，从不多说。

双语例句

• The whole thing seems very mysterious
  整件事情看起来都很蹊跷。
• Until recently he worked very hard on his mysterious experiments.
  最近他一直努力工作进行他神秘的实验。
• It reminded me that the universe was strange and mysterious.
  它提醒我，宇宙神秘和奥妙远超出我们的想象。
• Soon they were dead, victims of a mysterious poisoner.
  不久他们就死了，是一个神秘的投毒者下的手。
• This most ancient language under Heaven, is mysterious yet majestic.
  这是苍穹下的一种最古老的语言，神秘而又威严。
• Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity.
  这样一个可怕而神秘的怪物激起了我所有的猎奇心。
• The mysterious snowy mountains, vast grassland, and groups of yaks form a unique plateau scenery.
  神秘的雪山、阔的草原和成群的牦牛构成了独特的高原风光，充满了无穷的魅力。
• As for his job — well, he was very mysterious about it.
  至于他的工作，他总是显得非常神秘，从不多说。
• We are caught in a mysterious and stupendous historical process.
  我们陷进了一个神秘的、巨大的历史进程里。
• Whose entire background vanished in a mysterious accident.
  整个背景在一场神秘的意外中消失了。