mysterious

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mysterious — 形容詞

  • mysteriouspositive
  • more mysteriouscomparative
  • most mysterioussuperlative

1. Something or someone that is mysterious cannot be fully understood, explained, o

1.形容詞B1
釋義

神祕的

難以理解或解釋的；原因不明的

Something or someone that is mysterious cannot be fully understood, explained, or known about, and this quality often makes people feel curious or interested.

例句

A mysterious package arrived for Mei on her birthday with no return address.

Mei 在生日當天收到一個神祕的包裹，上面沒有寄件人地址。

mysterious + noun (package) for something of unknown origin

The cause of the mysterious illness puzzled doctors at the city hospital.

這種神祕疾病的病因讓市立醫院的醫生們百思不解。

mysterious + illness (common collocation for unexplained medical conditions)

常見搭配
  • mysterious disappearance
  • mysterious circumstances
  • mysterious illness
  • mysterious stranger
  • mysterious death
  • mysterious past
  • mysterious figure
同義詞
  • puzzling

    focuses on being hard to figure out mentally, but less atmospheric than mysterious

  • enigmatic

    more formal; suggests a person or thing deliberately keeps their true nature hidden

  • baffling

    emphasises complete confusion or impossibility of understanding

  • cryptic

    describes something deliberately obscure, like a coded message or strange remark

反義詞
  • clear

    the opposite of confusing or unknown — easy to see or understand

  • obvious

    describes something that is easily noticed or understood

  • straightforward

    simple and easy to deal with, without any hidden complexity

文法句型

be + mysterious

mysterious + noun

remain + mysterious

seem + mysterious

用法筆記

Commonly placed before a noun (a mysterious stranger) or after a linking verb (the reason remains mysterious). Unlike puzzling (which focuses on mental difficulty) or secretive (which focuses on a person's behaviour), mysterious can describe both objects and situations that are simply not known.

常見錯誤

That ancient temple looks very mystical and no one knows who built it.
That ancient temple looks very mysterious and no one knows who built it.
'Mystical' relates to spiritual or religious experiences, while 'mysterious' simply means unexplained or not understood.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

動詞搭配

  • remain mysterious
  • seem mysterious
  • look mysterious
  • appear mysterious
  • become mysterious

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • in mysterious circumstances
  • under mysterious conditions