| 单词 | complex |
| 释义 | complex (once / 227 pages) 1adjn 2n People who are really good at math can handle complex math problems. The rest of us are all set with simple stuff like the times tables. Use complex to refer to something that is not simple. Something complex has two or more related parts, or is not simple in its structure. As a noun, a complex is a group of units, often a group of buildings. The adjective is stressed on the second syllable, but the noun is stressed on the first syllable. Complex is from Latin complexus, from complecti "to encircle or embrace." WORD FAMILYcomplex: complexedly, complexes, complexity, complexly, complexness+/complexity: complexities USAGE EXAMPLESKubiak was back in the hospital, this time diagnosed with a complex migraine headache. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) School funding is a complex mix of federal, state and local money. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) In a separate incident, a man was shot at a Tulsa apartment complex on New Year’s Day. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody a complex mass of diverse laws and customs Syn|Ant difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure compoundcomposed of more than one part analyzable, decomposablecapable of being partitioned Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuoushighly complex or intricate and occasionally devious colonial, compoundcomposed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony complicateddifficult to analyze or understand compositeconsisting of separate interconnected parts compoundconsisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts daedalcomplex and ingenious in design or function Gordianextremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot' interlacing, interlinking, interlocking, interwovenlinked or locked closely together as by dovetailing intricatehaving many complexly arranged elements; elaborate labyrinthian, labyrinthine, mazyresembling a labyrinth in form or complexity multifactorialinvolving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes) multiplexhaving many parts or aspects thickeningbecoming more intricate or complex simple having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved easyposing no difficulty; requiring little effort plainnot elaborate or elaborated; simple simple, unsubdivided(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions simplexhaving only one part or element simplisticcharacterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity unanalyzable, undecomposablerepresenting the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts uncomplicated, unsophisticatedlacking complexity 2n a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town Syn|Hypo|Hyper composite hybrid a composite of mixed origin syndromea complex of concurrent things whole all of something including all its component elements or parts 3n a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper building complex Dartmouth College a college in New Hampshire United States Mintthe mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion college a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed industrial plant, plant, worksbuildings for carrying on industrial labor ribbon developmentbuilding complex in a continuous row along a road bottling planta plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps brewerya plant where beer is brewed by fermentation distillery, stilla plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, milla plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing minta plant where money is coined by authority of the government packing plant, packinghousea plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products recycling planta plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials refineryan industrial plant for purifying a crude substance saltworksa plant where salt is produced commercially disposal plant, sewage disposal planta plant for disposing of sewage smelter, smelteryan industrial plant for smelting construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 4n a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper coordination compound hydrochloride a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride chemical compound, compound (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight n (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior Hypo|Hyper Oedipal complex, Oedipus complex a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved Electra complexa complex of females; sexual attraction to the father inferiority complexa sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states |
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