conundrum
英 [k?'n?ndr?m]
美[k?'n?ndr?m]
- n. 難題；謎語(yǔ)
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?conundrums;
助記提示
諧音“可難捉摸”------謎語(yǔ)、難題。
中文詞源
conundrum 難題
牛津大學(xué)俚語(yǔ)，模仿拉丁詞創(chuàng)造出來(lái)的假拉丁詞，用以形容食古不化的學(xué)究，準(zhǔn)確詞源不詳。可能來(lái)自PIE*kwo, 表疑問(wèn)，衍生英語(yǔ)詞匯how, who,what,which,why, quality, quantity.
英文詞源
- conundrum
- conundrum: [16] Conundrum originally appeared in all manner of weird and wonderful guises – conimbrum, conuncrum, quonundrum, connunder, etc – before settling down to conundrum in the late 18th century. It bears all the marks of one of the rather heavy-handed quasi-Latin joke words beloved of scholars in the 16th and 17th centuries, and a mid-17thcentury commentator attributed it to Oxford university. At first it meant ‘whim’ and then ‘pun’; the current sense ‘puzzling problem’ did not develop until the end of the 18th century.
- conundrum (n.)
- 1590s, Oxford University slang for "pedant," also "whim," etc., later (1790) "riddle, puzzle." Also spelled quonundrum. The sort of ponderous pseudo-Latin word that was once the height of humor in learned circles.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.
- 科學(xué)家已鎖定兩種解釋來(lái)解開(kāi)這個(gè)難題。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. Interaction designers often face the conundrum of whether to make their products user - customizable.
- 交互設(shè)計(jì)者經(jīng)常面臨這樣的難題,即是否讓他們的產(chǎn)品具有用戶定制功能.
來(lái)自About Face 3交互設(shè)計(jì)精髓
- 3. What I said was that there was some interest at Conundrum.
- 我說(shuō)的是迷題出版社的人表示有興趣.
來(lái)自電影對(duì)白
- 4. Many people -- too many to count -- share your career conundrum.
- 許多人 -- 多的數(shù)不過(guò)來(lái) - 有著和你一樣的職業(yè)難題.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Let me give you some history about a conundrum.
- 讓我給你們一些關(guān)于謎題的歷史.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)