conundrums

英 [kəˈnʌndrəmz]

美 [kəˈnʌndrəmz]

n.  令人迷惑的难题; 复杂难解的问题; 谜语
conundrum的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 难题;复杂难解的问题
  Aconundrumis a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve.
  1. ...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

双语例句

• Even the gurus who position themselves as the embodiment of Old World civility feel obliged to tackle 21st-century conundrums.
  即使是那些古典礼仪专家们也感到自己有责任来解答21世纪的新难题。
• Unfortunately sludge bulking is one of the conundrums of all the traditional and improved activated sludge processes for its poor sludge sedimentation ability.
  但是，不论哪一种改进的活性污泥工艺，污泥膨胀现象一直是困扰人们的难题之一，它的突出问题是污泥沉降性能差。
• It provided many problems often appearing in the long-term judicial practice, many of which are conundrums, hot issues and doubtful matters. This "Judicial Interpretation" provides a legal basis for dealing with these concerns.
  《司法解释》规定的很多问题都是长期司法实践当中所遇到的比较突出的问题，其中很多是难点、热点、疑点问题，《司法解释》为处理这些问题提供了一个法律依据。
• That inadequate 67-page document was big on platitudes but small on substance in addressing the ethical conundrums employees face.
  这份区区67页的文件充满了陈词滥调，但却在解决员工面临的道德难题上缺乏实质性内容。
• What prompts the formation of conundrums?
  是什么促使的脑筋急转弯的生成？
• Based on the analysis of the characteristics of conundrums, the semantic approach is introduced and the semantic strategies are summarized.
  基于对英语脑筋急转弯特征的分析，本文提出了从语义学的角度对英语脑筋急转弯进行研究，并对其运用的语义策略进行了归纳总结。
• One of the eternal conundrums of interaction and interface design is how to address the needs of both beginning users and expert users with a single, coherent interface.
  在交互和界面设计中，如何用同一个界面满足新手用户和专家用户的需求是长久以来存在的难题之一。
• But here are a few conundrums: how can newspapers afford high-brow journalism when advertisers shift more and more spending to digital media?
  然而，诸多难题却亟待解决：广告主开始将越来越多的费用投向数字媒体，报纸如何负担格调高雅的新闻工作？
• All told, output and margin conundrums have pushed down return on capital employed to all-time lows.
  总之，产出和利润率的双重困境，将已动用资本回报率（ROCE）推向历史新低。
• But, these researches mainly focus on the objective observation and static description of the form and content of the conundrum, which cannot provide full explanations for the internal mechanism of conundrums.
  但是，值得指出，这些研究多集中于对脑筋急转弯形式及内容的客观观察和静态描写，均不能有效揭示英语脑筋急转弯的内在机制。