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conundrum n.谜语；难题 (1) 我打算告诉你们为什么这个谜题存在。(2) 让我告诉你们科学与谜题曾有的关系。 One of the most famous conundrums is the riddle of the Sphinx, famously in the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Oedipus encounters the Sphinx, a mythical beast, who asks him, "What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?" The answer is "A person": crawling as a child, walking as an adult, and using a cane in old age. The scary thing is that if the Sphinx asked you the riddle and you didn't know, she'd eat you!

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英 [kə'nʌndrəm] 美 [kə'nʌndrəm] (1) I'm going to tell you why this conundrum exists.(2) Let me tell you what science has done with the conundrum. The tricky word conundrum is used to describe a riddle or puzzle, sometimes including a play on words or pun. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]难题；复杂难解的问题 A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve.   [FORMAL 正式]...this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God.在善良的上帝创造的世界里存在着邪恶和苦难这一神学之谜

英语单词	conundrum
英美音标	英 [kə'nʌndrəm] 美 [kə'nʌndrəm]
中文释义	n.谜语；难题
英语例句	(1) I'm going to tell you why this conundrum exists. (2) Let me tell you what science has done with the conundrum.
中文例句	(1) 我打算告诉你们为什么这个谜题存在。 (2) 让我告诉你们科学与谜题曾有的关系。
vocabulary简明	The tricky word conundrum is used to describe a riddle or puzzle, sometimes including a play on words or pun.
vocabulary扩展	One of the most famous conundrums is the riddle of the Sphinx, famously in the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Oedipus encounters the Sphinx, a mythical beast, who asks him, "What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?" The answer is "A person": crawling as a child, walking as an adult, and using a cane in old age. The scary thing is that if the Sphinx asked you the riddle and you didn't know, she'd eat you!
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]难题；复杂难解的问题 A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve. [FORMAL 正式] ...this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God. 在善良的上帝创造的世界里存在着邪恶和苦难这一神学之谜

Conundrum Riddle Play Sphinx Oedipus 英 Kə'Nʌndrəm] 美 Kə'Nʌndrəm