纏成一團的狀態,與團中的一股
這個字只有一個畫面,差別只在你看的是整團線、還是其中一條線。
having many complicated parts · noun · C2
The state of having many parts or steps that make something hard to follow or deal with.
複雜性
A helpful picture: many strands woven together. When something has lots of interconnected parts, you cannot pull one thread without moving the others — and that tangle is what makes it hard to follow or to fix.
complexity = complex + -ity. Complex itself comes from Latin complexus, past participle of complectī "to entwine, to weave together" (com- "together" + plectere "to plait, to braid"). The braiding image is literal: what is complex is what has been plaited together.
complexity 是 complex 加上名詞字尾 -ity。而 complex 來自拉丁文 complexus,動詞 complectī 是「纏繞、編織在一起」(com- 一起 + plectere 編、辮)。也就是說,「複雜」這個概念在字源上就是一個編辮子的動作——很多股東西被編成一體。這個畫面很值得記住,因為它同時解釋了 complexity 的兩種用法:整條辮子的狀態(很複雜),以及辮子裡的某一股(其中一個複雜之處)。順帶一提,plectere 這一族也留在 perplex(把人繞暈)裡。
Wiktionary (complexity < complex + -ity; complex < Latin complexus < complectī, com- + plectere)
One branch
纏成一團的狀態,與團中的一股
這個字只有一個畫面,差別只在你看的是整團線、還是其中一條線。
having many complicated parts · noun · C2
The state of having many parts or steps that make something hard to follow or deal with.
複雜性
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
complexitynoun/kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/
The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。