and one odd finding that makes the problem puzzling is that it looks very much as if sleeping is not simply a matter of giving the body a rest.
一项使人对这个问题感到困惑的奇怪的发现是，睡眠在很大程度似乎并不仅仅是为了使身体得到休息。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 19 The stuff of dreams
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 发现物;研究结果;调查（或研究）的结果;<律>（陪审团的）裁决;
v. 发现( find的现在分词);
💡 find发现+ ing构成抽象名词 → 发现；调查的结果
"There was the usual faff of finding somewhere to park the car."
找地方停车照例又是一番忙乱。
近义：invention, strike, disclosure, discovery, find, inference
n. 问题;疑难问题;习题;引起麻烦的人;
adj. 成问题的;难处理的;关于社会问题的;
💡 problem- 【希腊传入拉丁】字面上表”向前抛的东西”也表问题
"His mind reached after an understanding of the problem."
他开动脑筋,想弄懂这个问题.
近义：headache, hitch, imbroglio, jam, knot, matter
反义：repair, reparation, workaround, remedy, refitting, overhauling
adv. 简单地，朴素地;（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地；朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
近义：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
adj. 使为难的，费解的，令人困惑的;
v. 使迷惑，使难解( puzzle的现在分词 );为难，伤脑筋，苦思;
"The spelling of English is often puzzling."
英语的拼写常常使人伤脑筋.
近义：hidden, arcane, intriguing, mysterious, paradoxical, perplexing
反义：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
n. 事件;（讨论、考虑等的）问题;重要性;物质;
vi. 要紧，重要;化脓;有重大影响;有重要性;
"Now we come to the crux of the matter ."
现在我们来谈问题的症结。
近义：import, signify, weigh, count, amount, issue