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

• He told of faraway lands, beautiful maidens and mysterious one-eyed creatures.
  他描述了遥远的国土、美丽的少女和神秘的独眼兽。
• Actually many things, when you do it myself, also it is not so mysterious.
  其实许多事，当你亲自做了时，也就不是那么神秘了。
• What on earth are you up to? you're being so mysterious.
  你究竟在搞什么鬼？这么神秘兮兮。
• You are a strange and mysterious creature.
  你是一个神秘而陌生的生物。
• You know, to me, the most beautiful things in all the universe, are the most mysterious.
  而正如你们所知，对我而言，整个宇宙中最最美丽的事物，恰恰是最最神秘的。
• 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。
• But recently she has become somewhat mysterious, not so open-minded as before.
  可最近女儿有点神神秘秘，不再和妈妈讲心里话。
• Wounded and mysterious and sexy.
  受伤的和神秘的性感。
• 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。
• Whose entire background vanished in a mysterious accident.
  整个背景在一场神秘的意外中消失了。