conundrum

conundrum

英 [kə'nʌndrəm]
　　美 [kə'nʌndrəm]

n. 難題；謎語

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.

例句：

1. Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.
科學傢已鎖定兩種解釋來解開這個難題。

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.

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.

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.

5. Let me give you some history about a conundrum.
讓我給你們一些關於謎題的歷史.