conundrum

US [kəˈnʌndrəm]
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  • n.令人迷惑的难题；复杂难解的问题；谜语
  • Web谜题；复杂难题；谜团
Plural Form：conundrums  

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conundrum
n.
1.
令人迷惑的难题；复杂难解的问题a confusing problem or question that is very difficult to solve
2.
谜语a question, usually involving a trick with words, that you ask for fun

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1.
Not buying clothes would seem to break the fundamental law of fashion, but happily there is a stylish way around the conundrum.
不买衣服，这看起来好像打破了时尚大法，但是幸运地是，采用一种时尚的方式就可以解决这个难题。
bù mǎi yī fu , zhè kàn qǐ lái hǎo xiàng dǎ pò le shí shàng dà fǎ , dàn shì xìng yùn dì shì , cǎi yòng yī zhǒng shí shàng de fāng shì jiù kě yǐ jiě jué zhè ge nán tí 。
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2.
This apparent conundrum, Ahmed explains, is the result of a combination of radical ideology and vast amounts of money.
这个显而易见的难题，在Ahmed看来，是因为激进的意识形态和巨额资金综合作用的结果。
zhè ge xiǎn ér yì jiàn de nán tí , zài Ahmed kàn lái , shì yīn wèi jī jìn de yì shí xíng tài hé jù é zī jīn zōng hé zuò yòng de jié guǒ 。
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3.
This seems to be a real conundrum, even for Austrians and other libertarians.
这看起来确实是一个谜团，特别是对于包括奥地利学派在内的自由主义者来说。
zhè kàn qǐ lái què shí shì yī gè mí tuán , tè bié shì duì yú bāo kuò ào dì lì xué pài zài nèi de zì yóu zhǔ yì zhě lái shuō 。
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4.
Trying to solve the conundrum of Israel and Palestine was by far the biggest burden of his years on the throne.
侯赛因统治至今最大得负担就是努力解决以色列与巴勒斯坦的难题。
hóu sài yīn tǒng zhì zhì jīn zuì dà de fù dān jiù shì nǔ lì jiě jué yǐ sè liè yǔ bā lè sī tǎn de nán tí 。
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5.
But it took a Hungarian politician to turn a logical conundrum into a political strategy.
不过这句话却让一位匈牙利政治家把一句逻辑难题变成了一个政治策略。
bú guò zhè jù huà què ràng yī wèi xiōng yá lì zhèng zhì jiā bǎ yī jù luó jí nán tí biàn chéng le yī gè zhèng zhì cè lüè 。
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6.
Economists said the surge in inflation also presented Asian central bankers with a conundrum that went against their instincts.
经济学家表示，通胀飙升还给亚洲各国央行官员带来了一个与其本能相悖的难题。
jīng jì xué jiā biǎo shì , tōng zhàng biāo shēng huán gěi yà zhōu gè guó yāng háng guān yuán dài lái le yī gè yǔ qí běn néng xiàng bèi de nán tí 。
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7.
The birth of our genus has long been a conundrum for paleoanthropologists, to say the least.
至少可以说，长期以来，人类的诞生对古人类学家来说一直是一道谜。
zhì shǎo kě yǐ shuō , cháng qī yǐ lái , rén lèi de dàn shēng duì gǔ rén lèi xué jiā lái shuō yì zhí shì yí dào mí 。
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8.
It's been a bit of a conundrum for astrophysicists.
对天体物理学家们来说，这是一个难题。
duì tiān tǐ wù lǐ xué jiā men lái shuō , zhè shì yī gè nán tí 。
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9.
The chairman of the Fed, Alan Greenspan, told Congress in February 2005 that this was a "conundrum" .
时任联储局主席格林斯潘在2005年2月向国会表示这是一个“棘手难题”。
shí rèn lián chǔ jú zhǔ xí gé lín sī pān zài èr líng líng wǔ nián èr yuè xiàng guó huì biǎo shì zhè shì yī gè " jí shǒu nán tí " 。
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10.
However, for China the least problematic solution to its oil conundrum is to look directly west.
然而，对于中国来说，解决其能源难题最简单易行的方法是向“西”看。
rán ér , duì yú zhōng guó lái shuō , jiě jué qí néng yuán nán tí zuì jiǎn dān yì xíng de fāng fǎ shì xiàng " xī " kàn 。
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