英语词汇“complex”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

com•plex adj.

composed of many related parts: a complex system.
having a complicated arrangement of parts or pieces, often so as to be hard to deal with or understand:complex machinery.

n. [countable]

a complicated group, system, or assembly of related things that form a whole:an apartment complex; a business complex.
Psychologya group of related ideas, desires, and impulses that influence one's attitudes and behavior:He had a complex about dark rooms. She had an inferiority complex.

com•plex•ly, adv.
com•plex•ness, n. [uncountable]See -plex-.

com•plex adj.

composed of many interconnected parts;
compound;
composite:a complex highway system.
characterized by a very complicated or involved arrangement of parts, units, etc.:complex machinery.
so complicated or intricate as to be hard to understand or deal with:a complex problem.
Grammar
- (of a word) consisting of two parts, at least one of which is a bound form, as childish, which consists of the word child and the bound form -ish.
- See complex sentence.
Mathematicspertaining to or using complex numbers:complex methods; complex vector space.

an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.:the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex.
Psychologya system of interrelated, emotion-charged ideas, feelings, memories, and impulses that is usually repressed and that gives rise to abnormal or pathological behavior.
a fixed idea;
an obsessive notion.
Mathematics
- an arbitrary set of elements of a group.
- a collection of simplexes having specified properties.
ChemistryAlso called coordination compound. a compound in which independently existing molecules or ions of a nonmetal (complexing agent) form coordinate bonds with a metal atom or ion. Cf. ligand (def. 2).
Biochemistryan entity composed of molecules in which the constituents maintain much of their chemical identity:receptor-hormone complex, enzyme-substrate complex.

v.t.

Biochemistry, Chemistry[Chem.]to form a complex with.

v.i.

Biochemistry, Chemistry[Chem.]to form a complex.

Late Latin complexus totality, complex (Latin: inclusion, grasping, embrace), equivalent. to complect(ere) + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action; reanalysis of the Latin verb, verbal as "to intertwine (completely)'' has influenced sense of the adjective, adjectival
Latin complexus, past participle of complectī, complectere to embrace, encompass, include, equivalent. to complect- (see complect) + -tus past participle suffix; (noun, nominal)
1645–55; 1905–10 for def. 7; (adjective, adjectival)

com•plex′ly, adv.
com•plex′ness, n.

3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged knotty, tangled, labyrinthine.
6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged network, web, tangle, labyrinth.

2, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged simple.

complex /ˈkɒmplɛks/ adj

made up of various interconnected parts; composite
(of thoughts, writing, etc) intricate or involved
of or involving one or more complex numbers

a whole made up of interconnected or related parts: a building complex
a group of emotional ideas or impulses that have been banished from the conscious mind but that continue to influence a person's behaviour
informal an obsession or excessive fear: he's got a complex about cats
any chemical compound in which one molecule is linked to another by a coordinate bond

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin complexus, from complectī to entwine, from com- together + plectere to braid

ˈcomplexness n USAGE
Complex is sometimes wrongly used where complicated is meant. Complex is properly used to say only that something consists of several parts. It should not be used to say that, because something consists of many parts, it is difficult to understand or analyse

单词	complex
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 com•plex /adj.* kəmˈplɛks, ˈkɑmplɛks; n. ˈkɑmplɛks/USA pronunciation* adj. composed of many related parts: a complex system. having a complicated arrangement of parts or pieces, often so as to be hard to deal with or understand:complex machinery. n. [countable] a complicated group, system, or assembly of related things that form a whole:an apartment complex; a business complex. Psychologya group of related ideas, desires, and impulses that influence one's attitudes and behavior:He had a complex about dark rooms. She had an inferiority complex. com•plex•ly, adv. com•plex•ness, n. [uncountable]See -plex-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 com•plex (adj., v. kəm pleks′, kom′pleks;n. kom′pleks),USA pronunciation adj. composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite:a complex highway system. characterized by a very complicated or involved arrangement of parts, units, etc.:complex machinery. so complicated or intricate as to be hard to understand or deal with:a complex problem. Grammar (of a word) consisting of two parts, at least one of which is a bound form, as childish, which consists of the word child and the bound form -ish. See complex sentence. Mathematicspertaining to or using complex numbers:complex methods; complex vector space. n. an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.:the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex. Psychologya system of interrelated, emotion-charged ideas, feelings, memories, and impulses that is usually repressed and that gives rise to abnormal or pathological behavior. a fixed idea; an obsessive notion. Mathematics an arbitrary set of elements of a group. a collection of simplexes having specified properties. ChemistryAlso called coordination compound. a compound in which independently existing molecules or ions of a nonmetal (complexing agent) form coordinate bonds with a metal atom or ion. Cf. ligand (def. 2). Biochemistryan entity composed of molecules in which the constituents maintain much of their chemical identity:receptor-hormone complex, enzyme-substrate complex. v.t. Biochemistry, Chemistry[Chem.]to form a complex with. v.i. Biochemistry, Chemistry[Chem.]to form a complex. Late Latin complexus totality, complex (Latin: inclusion, grasping, embrace), equivalent. to complect(ere) + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action; reanalysis of the Latin verb, verbal as "to intertwine (completely)'' has influenced sense of the adjective, adjectival Latin complexus, past participle of complectī, complectere to embrace, encompass, include, equivalent. to complect- (see complect) + -tus past participle suffix; (noun, nominal) 1645–55; 1905–10 for def. 7; (adjective, adjectival) com•plex′ly, adv. com•plex′ness, n. 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged knotty, tangled, labyrinthine. 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged network, web, tangle, labyrinth. 2, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged simple. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: complex /ˈkɒmplɛks/ adj made up of various interconnected parts; composite (of thoughts, writing, etc) intricate or involved of or involving one or more complex numbers n a whole made up of interconnected or related parts: a building complex a group of emotional ideas or impulses that have been banished from the conscious mind but that continue to influence a person's behaviour informal an obsession or excessive fear: he's got a complex about cats any chemical compound in which one molecule is linked to another by a coordinate bond Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin complexus, from complectī to entwine, from com- together + plectere to braid ˈcomplexness n USAGE Complex is sometimes wrongly used where complicated is meant. Complex is properly used to say only that something consists of several parts. It should not be used to say that, because something consists of many parts, it is difficult to understand or analyse
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