complex
adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈkɒmpleks/
/kəmˈpleks/, /ˈkɑːmpleks/
synonym complicated复杂的;难懂的;费解的 - a complex problem/issue/process/system
复杂的问题/议题/过程/系统 - a complex argument/subject
复杂的论点/话题 - complex machinery
结构复杂的机器 - the complex structure of the human brain
错综复杂的人脑构造 - Scientists need a better understanding of the complex interactrions that cause hurricanes to intensify.
科学家需要更好地理解导致飓风加剧的复杂相互作用。 - We live in an increasingly complex world.
我们生活在一个日益复杂的世界。 - a highly complex situation
非常复杂的情况
- technically complex surgery
技术上复杂的外科手术 - She managed to put over a fairly complex argument in a brilliantly simple way.
她设法用极为简洁的方式将一个相当复杂的论证阐释清楚。 - The mechanism involves a complex arrangement of rods and cogs.
那个机械装置里杆和齿轮的布局很复杂。 - How does the press explore thecomplex relationship between the two countries?
新闻界如何探索两国之间的复杂关系?
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
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- extremely
- fairly
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- a complex problem/issue/process/system
- (grammar
) (of a word or sentence语法 ) containing one main part (= the root of a word or main clause of a sentence) and one or more other parts (called affixes or subordinate clauses)单词或句子 复合的(指词根加有词缀或主句含有从句) - In the complex sentence, ‘I'd like to go to the beach, if it's warm enough’, ‘I'd like to go to the beach’ is the main clause, and ‘if it's warm enough’ is the subordinate clause.
在复合句中,‘我想去海滩,如果够暖和的话’,‘我想去海滩’是主句,‘如果够暖和的话’是从句。
- In the complex sentence, ‘I'd like to go to the beach, if it's warm enough’, ‘I'd like to go to the beach’ is the main clause, and ‘if it's warm enough’ is the subordinate clause.
词源mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘group of related elements’): from Latin complexus, past participle (used as a noun) of complectere ‘embrace, comprise’, later associated with complexus ‘plaited’; the adjective is partly via French complexe.