complication

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/    美 /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/|/ˌkɑm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or process of complicating. countable,uncountable
  2. The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity. countable,uncountable
  3. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper. countable,uncountable
  4. A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it. countable,uncountable
  5. A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece. countable,uncountable
    — Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable.
  6. A twisting or intertwining. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.

词形变化

complications plural

词汇关系

近义词
complication entanglement intricacy snarl wheel within a wheel
上位词
circumstance difficult situation hindrance problem
衍生词
decomplication overcomplication uncomplication
相关词
thing complex complexity complicate

词源

Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.
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