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conundrum
[kə'nʌndrəm]
n. 谜语,
  1. Her question is a real conundrum.
    问题真题。
  2. Another theoretical conundrum is entry to the auction.
    拍卖。
  3. Many people-- too many to count-- share your career conundrum.
    ---题。




conundrum
[ noun ]
a difficult problem
<noun.communication>




Conundrum \Co*nun"drum\, n. [Origin unknown.]
1. A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic
resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling
question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.

Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. --J. Philips.

2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.

Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate
on conundrums like that? --W. Black.