complication

英 [ˌkɒmplɪ'keɪʃn] 美 [ˌkɑːmplɪ'keɪʃn]

• n. 复杂；并发症；纠纷

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C](新出现的)困难,难题

   sth that adds new difficulties; thing that makes a situation more complex or difficult

2. [C]并发症

   new illness, or new development of an illness, that makes treatment more difficult

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act or process of complicating

2. a situation or condition that is complex or confused;

   "her coming was a serious complication"
   

3. any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease;

   "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"
   

4. a development that complicates a situation;

   "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
   

5. puzzling complexity

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This was an unforeseen complication.
   这是未预见到的复杂情况。
2. We cannot allow further complication of this matter.
   我们不能让这件事变得更复杂了。
3. Complications set in, and the patient died.
   病人因出现并发症而死亡。
4. Pneumonia is the complication we most fear.
   肺炎是我们最害怕的并发症。
5. I have enough complication in my life.
   我生活里的麻烦已经够多了。
6. A further complication was his refusal to travel by air.
   更麻烦的是他不肯坐飞机旅行。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The car ran out of petrol, and as a further complication I had no money!
   汽车没油了,更麻烦的是我身上没有钱!
2. Complications set in, and the patient died.
   病人因出现并发症而死亡。

经典引文

• That complication of probabilities by which the Christian history is attested.

  出自： W. Paley

• I've had pharyngitis with complications.

  出自： T. Roethke

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• avoid complication 避免纠纷
• cause complication 节外生枝
• produce complication 产生纠纷

形容词+～

• dangerous complication 危险的并发症
• legal complication 法律纠纷
• political complication 政治纷争
• serious complication 严重的麻烦
• unnecessary complication 不必要的纷争

介词+～

• flu with complication 带并发症的流行感冒

～+介词

• complications between two parties 两党间的纠纷

词义辨析

complexity，complication

• 这两个名词均含“复杂”之意。
• complexity着重指极度复杂而难于辨认的关系。
• complication指纷乱复杂到令人难于理解的地步。

近反义词

【近义词】

• complexity 复杂
• predicament 困境
• kink 纽结
• scrape 刮掉
• complicity 串通
• knot 结
• plight 困境
• difficulty 困难
• snag (隐伏的)障碍...
• problem 问题
• impediment 障碍
• obstacle 障碍
• hurdle 栏干
• barrier 栅栏
• tortuousness 曲折
• complicatedness 复杂（complicat...
• knottiness 多节
• ramification 分叉

【反义词】

• simplification 简化