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斯芬克斯，狮身人面像(古埃及人建造于金字塔旁的巨大雕像，神话中传说它会出谜语来为难人);神秘的人;令人困惑不解的人
The Sphinx is a large ancient statue of a creature with a human head and a lion's body that stands near the pyramids in Egypt. In mythology, sphinxes gave people puzzles to solve, and so a person who is mysterious or puzzling is sometimes referred to as a sphinx .
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It suited him to play the sphinx.
让他演神秘莫测的人很合适。