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complexion n.肤色；面色；体质；特性；局面 (1) 那颜色不适合你的肤色。(2) 他肤色黝黑。(3) 她面色苍白。(4) 她戴着闪闪生辉的首饰,更显得容貌姣好。(5) 这次大捷使整个战局为之改观。 The general character of something can also be called its complexion. If your team's star quarterback is out with an injury, it will change the complexion of the next game and possibly the entire season. Complexion originally referred to the humors that in ancient Greek and Roman medicine supposedly made up a person's temperament and health. The word came from the Latin complexionem, or "combination," but as humorism fell out of favor, this definition of complexion also became obsolete.

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英 [kəm'plekʃn] 美 [kəm'plekʃn] (1) That colour doesn't suit your complexion.(2) He has a dark complexion.(3) She has a pale complexion.(4) Her sparkling jewellery served as the perfect foil for her fine complexion.(5) This great victory changed the complexion of the war. Complexion refers to the color of a person's skin, especially the face. If you have light skin, for example, you might be said to have a fair or pale complexion. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]肤色；面色 When you refer to someone's complexion, you are referring to the natural colour or condition of the skin on their face.   [oft adj N]She had short brown hair and a pale complexion.她留着褐色短发，皮肤白皙。...those with acne or oily complexions.脸上有粉刺或油性肤质的人...her flawless complexion.她光洁的面部皮肤2[N-COUNT 可数名词]性质；特性 The complexion of something is its general nature or character.   [with supp]  [FORMAL 正式]Every time the political complexion of the government changed, so did the defence policy...每当政府的政治性质发生变化，国防政策也会随之变化。But surely this puts a different complexion on things.但是这肯定让局势有了变化。

英语单词	complexion
英美音标	英 [kəm'plekʃn] 美 [kəm'plekʃn]
中文释义	n.肤色；面色；体质；特性；局面
英语例句	(1) That colour doesn't suit your complexion. (2) He has a dark complexion. (3) She has a pale complexion. (4) Her sparkling jewellery served as the perfect foil for her fine complexion. (5) This great victory changed the complexion of the war.
中文例句	(1) 那颜色不适合你的肤色。 (2) 他肤色黝黑。 (3) 她面色苍白。 (4) 她戴着闪闪生辉的首饰,更显得容貌姣好。 (5) 这次大捷使整个战局为之改观。
vocabulary简明	Complexion refers to the color of a person's skin, especially the face. If you have light skin, for example, you might be said to have a fair or pale complexion.
vocabulary扩展	The general character of something can also be called its complexion. If your team's star quarterback is out with an injury, it will change the complexion of the next game and possibly the entire season. Complexion originally referred to the humors that in ancient Greek and Roman medicine supposedly made up a person's temperament and health. The word came from the Latin complexionem, or "combination," but as humorism fell out of favor, this definition of complexion also became obsolete.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]肤色；面色 When you refer to someone's complexion, you are referring to the natural colour or condition of the skin on their face. [oft adj N] She had short brown hair and a pale complexion. 她留着褐色短发，皮肤白皙。 ...those with acne or oily complexions. 脸上有粉刺或油性肤质的人 ...her flawless complexion. 她光洁的面部皮肤 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]性质；特性 The complexion of something is its general nature or character. [with supp] [FORMAL 正式] Every time the political complexion of the government changed, so did the defence policy... 每当政府的政治性质发生变化，国防政策也会随之变化。 But surely this puts a different complexion on things. 但是这肯定让局势有了变化。

Complexion Pale Colour Person's Skin Face General N Count