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Complex Parts 3184.Complex 英 Kɒmpleks]美 Kəm'plɛks Kɑm,Plɛks 释义

正面 3184.complex
英 ['kɒmpleks]美 [kəm'plɛks; 'kɑm,plɛks]

背面
释义:
adj. 复杂的;合成的n. 复合体;综合设施
例句:
1. I had a persecution complex and thought people were conspiring against me.我有过被害情结,认为大家都在密谋暗算我。

1、vers- + -us(拉丁语后缀,显然该词直接源于拉丁语,没做任何变动).2、含义:turned toward or against. => action of one party against another.
complex 复杂的com-, 强调。-plect, 编织,组成,词源apply,implicate.即多成分的,复杂的。
complex (adj.)1650s, "composed of parts," from French complexe "complicated, complex, intricate" (17c.), from Latin complexus "surrounding, encompassing," past participle of complecti "to encircle, embrace," in transferred use, "to hold fast, master, comprehend," from com- "with" (see com-) + plectere "to weave, braid, twine, entwine," from PIE *plek-to-, from root *plek- "to plait" (see ply (v.1)). The meaning "not easily analyzed" is first recorded 1715. Complex sentence is attested from 1881.complex (n.)1650s, "a whole comprised of parts," from complex (adj.). Psychological sense of "connected group of repressed ideas" was established by C.G. Jung, 1907."

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