conundrum
英 [k?'n?ndr?m]
美[k?'n?ndr?m]
- n. 難題；謎語
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?conundrums;
助記提示
諧音“可難捉摸”------謎語、難題。
中文詞源
conundrum 難題
牛津大學俚語，模仿拉丁詞創造出來的假拉丁詞，用以形容食古不化的學究，準確詞源不詳。可能來自PIE*kwo, 表疑問，衍生英語詞匯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.
雙語例句
- 1. Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.
- 科學家已鎖定兩種解釋來解開這個難題。
來自辭典例句
- 2. Interaction designers often face the conundrum of whether to make their products user - customizable.
- 交互設計者經常面臨這樣的難題,即是否讓他們的產品具有用戶定制功能.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓
- 3. What I said was that there was some interest at Conundrum.
- 我說的是迷題出版社的人表示有興趣.
來自電影對白
- 4. Many people -- too many to count -- share your career conundrum.
- 許多人 -- 多的數不過來 - 有著和你一樣的職業難題.
來自互聯網
- 5. Let me give you some history about a conundrum.
- 讓我給你們一些關于謎題的歷史.
來自互聯網