complex
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['kɒmpleksˈkɒmpleks'kɔmpleks]
- 美式音标 [kəm'plɛks; 'kɑm,plɛks]
- 国际音标 ['kɔmpleks]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.复杂的;合成的;复合的
- n.综合体;复合体;[医]综合症状;[心]情结
词源解说
- 1652年左右进入英语,直接源自法语的complexe,意为部件的组成;最初源自古典拉丁语的complexus(为complecti的过去分词):com (一起) + plectere (纺织),意为织在一起。
词根记忆
- com + plex(重叠,交叉)→重叠交叉的→复合的;复杂的
- com(共同) + plex(重叠)→重叠交叉的→复杂的
- com(共同) + plex(重叠)→重叠交叉的→错综的
- com + plex(重叠,交叉)→重叠交叉的→复杂的
- com(一起) + plex(重叠,多)→重叠在一起的→复杂的
用法辨析
- complex用作形容词的基本意思是“由许多部分组成的,复合的”,指某事物由许多相互关联、相互作用的不同部分组成,引申可表示“复杂的,难懂的”,含有处理这种事物需认真研究并具备专业知识的意味。
- 在心理学上,complex解释为“情结”的意思,例:inferiority complex (自卑情结),maternal complex (母性情结)。此处的complex是类名词,因此在此之前的冠词a或者an都不能省略。He was overawed by his friend's learning and had something like an inferiority complex. 他被他朋友的成绩所震慑到了,因此产生了自卑的情结。
- She soon developed a maternal complex towards her sister's son. 她不久开始对她姐姐的儿子产生了母性的情结。
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- He had not a particularly complex mind.
他的头脑并不十分复杂。 - The engine of an airplane is very complex.
飞机的引擎非常复杂。 - What he said was too complex for me to understand.
他说的太复杂了,我无法理解。 - This is a complex of new building.
这是新建筑群。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+to- v
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- complex idea 复杂的观念
- complex machines 结构复杂的机器
- complex networks of roads 错综复杂的公路网
- complex sentence [语]复合句;复杂句
- complex situation 复杂的情况
- complex in structure (机器等)结构复杂
- building complex 综合建筑
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
~+介词
用作名词 (n.)
名词+~
英英字典
- involving a lot of different but related parts
- (BUILDING) a large building with various connected rooms or a related group of buildings
- (BAD FEELING) a particular anxiety or unconscious fear that a person has, especially as a result of an unpleasant experience that they have had in the past or because they have a low opinion of their own worth
- Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
- A complex is a group of buildings designed for a particular purpose, or one large building divided into several smaller areas.