Well before he died of cancer in 2008 , harold pinter knew he had earned a reputation for being " enigmatic , taciturn , terse , prickly , explosive and forbidding " .
What exactly happened to the arctic sea , the enigmatic cargo ship allegedly seized by pirates , not off the wild coast of somalia but in the genteel eu waters of the baltic ?
There are relatively rigorous models that explain the interaction of interest rates with consumption and inflation expectations but the fiscal multiplier is so enigmatic that experts cannot agree when it is positive ( pushes up growth ) or negative ( slows down output ) .
When asked who will be the next president , his stock answer is an enigmatic " only god knows . "
在问到谁将会是下一任总统时,他通常的回答是高深莫测的“只有上帝才知道”。
However , their samples would have to undergo similar scrutiny to support beliefs that life has existed on earth 's enigmatic neighbor .
不过,他们也将对样本进行类似的细查,以支持地球的这个高深莫测的邻居上有生命这一信念。
Few of us read as twombly did , steeping himself in greek , latin and english verse , and teasing the beholder to follow up enigmatic quotations scrawled in a languid stain on his sighs of paintings .