| 单词 | to make a mystery of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a mystery of 13. to make a mystery of [compare Middle French, French faire (un) mystère de (1551)] : to treat as a secret; to make (a thing) out to be more puzzling or inexplicable than it really is, esp. in order to make an impression. Also simply to make a mystery. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > make mystical or mysterious [verb (transitive)] to make a mystery of1634 mysticize1681 enigmatize1800 mystify1829 mysterize1845 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 248 I cannot..make of euery meane matter a mystery by whispering it in the eare. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 2 Making a mystery of nothing, and frankly discoursing with any man upon what Subject he proposes. 1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. iv. 196 The Consuls always made a Mystery to the People of those first Elements of their Juris-Prudence. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xxvii. 121 When he felt he was in love with widow Wadman, he had no conception that the thing was any more to be made a mystery of, than if Mrs. Wadman, had given him a cut with a gap'd knife across his finger. 1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row iii. 35 He made no mysteries, but told all that he was asked to tell. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. i. ii. 58 Nor did he make a mystery of his knowledge, but publicly boasted of it. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. vii. 122 Well, not to make a mystery of so simple a matter, I was looking for the missing dumb-bell. 1988 R. Basu Hours before Dawn xvi. 127 He applied and got the job. It's quite unnecessary for you to make a mystery of it. < as lemmas |
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