英 [kəˈnʌndrəm] 美 [kəˈnʌndrəm]
n. 令人迷惑的难题；（尤指答案中含双关语的）谜语
复数conundrums
conundrum /kəˈnʌndrəm/
可数名词 A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve. 难解之谜
...this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God.
...生存在良善之神所创造的一个邪恶和痛苦的世界这个神学难题。
a difficult problem
同义词： riddle / enigma / brain-teaser
... contain v.包含，含有；控制；阻止，遏制 conundrum n.(答案有双关意义的)谜语；难题 convenience n.便利，有益；方便(的用具，机械等) ...
... contain v.包含，含有；控制；阻止，遏制 conundrum n.(答案有双关意义的)谜语；难题 convenience n.便利，有益；方便(的用具，机械等) ...
... Double Trouble双重麻烦 Conundrum谜题 The Village Vanishes消失村庄 ...
...物理学家呈现，行动迄今天下上最大的科研项目，大型强子(Hadron)对撞机(Collider)的胜利阐明，相关寰宇的极少难解之谜(Conundrum)或者能比昔时料想的挪后捆绑。失败发生在彻底的放弃之后。
难题；谜语
But therein lies another conundrum.
但这之中隐藏着另一个难题。
The Hamas conundrum is a huge obstacle.
哈马斯带来的难题就是一个巨大的障碍。
The answer to the conundrum is valuation.
这一难题的答案在于估值。
"It's a conundrum." says Jonathan Schanzer. He is Vice President of Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of Hamas vs Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine.
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Now, scholars are ingenious in their ability to skirt absolutely the central conundrum of Providence that this poem raises ; and which it raises so insistently and really refuses to let go of; but that doesn't mean that the problem just goes away.
学者们非常精明的,在这首诗里体现出的天意的中心问题上打擦边球,这个观点如此坚决我们无法弃之不管;,但那并不意味着问题就这样解决了。
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I think that at least for many of us, there is a sort of logical conundrum we go through and that is, if good people don't vote then we'll be in a bad world; so I have to vote to prove that good people vote, then maybe it will happen.
我想,至少对大部分人来说,必须面对一个逻辑上的难题,就是,如果好人不投票,那我们将会生活在坏人操纵的世界里,所以我必须要投票,来证明好人会投票,那未来的国家将会由好人掌控
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Layoffs of public workers will add more pressure to the larger American job creation conundrum.
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The fact that there are such stark contrasts behind this decision points to a greater conundrum.
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But climb to a higher level and see a pattern that may explain the bond-gold conundrum.